tallyman
Americannoun
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a person who tallies or keeps account of something.
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British. a person who sells merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
noun
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a scorekeeper or recorder
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dialect a travelling salesman for a firm specializing in hire-purchase
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His grandfather — the tallyman of Mr. Happyjack’s trapline — had taught him to hunt and love the Broadback.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
A respected figure among the Crees, his Indigenous community, the tallyman made sure there were enough animals and other resources in the trapline for current and future generations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Mr. Saganash, the tallyman who has long fought against logging, belongs to the Crees centered in Waswanipi, a town eight hours north by car from Montreal.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
In each trapline, the tallyman was responsible for making sure that its members were using the land and its resources so that the trapline would keep providing for future generations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Some of them had to pay a shilling a week to a tallyman or credit clothier.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
“They did information sessions, they did mapping exercises,’’ said Ms. Gull-Masty, referring to tallymen and other local experts from the Cree communities in the north.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
“But the tallymen always said this land is valuable to human survival.’
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
The Federalists applauded, the Republicans groaned, the tallymen took note, and Cary bowed his thanks.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
It was a part of a grocer's sugar bag, written upon in the coarse black crayon used by the tallymen on the quays at Kingsbridge.
From Jim Davis by Masefield, John
Rabbit suckers, young spendthrifts, taking goods on tick of pawnbrokers or tallymen, at excessive rates.
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