tollman

[ tohl-muhn ]

noun

, plural toll·men.

1. a tollkeeper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tollman¹

First recorded in 1735–45; toll ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

Arrived at the bridge, she paused to hand a twenty-copeck piece to a blind beggar who sat on the ground by the tollman’s booth.

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So have I painted her, you see, The tollman's daughter.—What an arm And throat was hers! and what a form!—

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"How much is to pay?" said Mr. George to the tollman, taking out his purse.

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Death saw a tollman taking a toll, In the spirit of his fraternity; But he knew that sort of man would extort, Though summoned to all eternity.

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She clutched her brother as they swayed past mooring-posts, barrels, coils of rope, and with a wild lurch around the tollman's house at the quay-head, breasted the steep village street.

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