Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—Z

Zollverein

meaning customs union, a commercial union of German states for the purpose of establishing a uniform tariff of duties. (Begun 1819.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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