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toll collector
noun
- a person or device collecting or registering tolls.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toll collector1
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Example Sentences
The tollbooths were closing to protect the health of drivers and of toll collectors.
Hiram was the old toll collector before mentioned, and James was a pike boy in a general way.
Thus much the toll-collector said, but when asked if Rugg had appeared again he made no reply.
This led to a ludicrous altercation between myself and a toll-collector at a turnpike.
He was the first toll collector on the St. Anthony Falls wire suspension bridge.
At Knightsbridge there used to be a toll collector, but I do not recollect any toll gate.
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