Tingle table

Tingle table
 n.— «The 1040EZ form, designed for those with only the standard deduction, are taken from the Tingle table directly to an optical scanner, which picks up the information and relays it to the computer in the service center.» —“Tax Trail: How Returns Wind Through IRS” by David Thompson Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska) Feb. 6, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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