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WordBand 6–7Toofey picks
customs
/ˈkʌstəmz/
noun
The place at a border where officers check goods entering a country.
- “We waited in a long queue at customs after the flight.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))