rent-a-cow

rent-a-cow
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Publicity about the Kings’ small bill and allegations that some developers were abusing the system by running “rent-a-cow” operations drove the county to take a closer look at 2,000 properties receiving the tax break.

» —“King, Other Ranchers Losing Tax Break on Range Lands” Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) Jan. 6, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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