tollhouse

[ tohl-hous ]

noun

, plural toll·hous·es [tohl, -hou-ziz].

1. a house or booth at a tollgate, occupied by a tollkeeper.

tollhouse

/ ˈtɒl-; ˈtəʊlˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a small house at a tollgate occupied by a toll collector

Word History and Origins

Origin of tollhouse¹

First recorded in 1400–50, tollhouse is from the late Middle English word tolhowse. See toll ¹, house

Example Sentences

I have seen carriages and traps waiting as far as the tollhouse.

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Fortune favored her again, and there he stood in the doorway of the little tollhouse.

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I want you to stay with me, but I don't expect you to be stuck down to this tollhouse all day.

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The carrier brought but one letter to the tollhouse, and that was for Captain Asher himself.

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Nearly the whole of that morning Dick Lancaster sat in the arbor in the tollhouse garden, his book in his hand.

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