tallyman

[ tal-ee-muh n ]

/ ˈtæl i mən /

noun, plural tal·ly·men.

a person who tallies or keeps account of something.

British. a person who sells merchandise on the hire-purchase system.

Nearby words

tally clerk, tally sheet, tally-ho, tally-woman, tallyho, tallyman, tallys, tallys, thomas, tallyshop, talmi gold, talmud

Origin of tallyman

First recorded in 1645–55; tally + -man

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Examples from the Web for tallyman

I noticed it, myself, with more especial observation, at my post of tallyman.
The Bonadventure|Edmund Blunden
I was again dressed up in a borrowed boiler suit for the duties of tallyman.
The Bonadventure|Edmund Blunden
Some of them had to pay a shilling a week to a tallyman or credit clothier.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell
And the side of bacon lay upon the hillside until the tallyman from Portburdock found it in the morning.
The Wonderful Visit|Herbert George Wells

The only individual who was received with equal cordiality by all ranks, was the tallyman's traveller.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell

British Dictionary definitions for tallyman

tallyman

/ (ˈtælɪmən) /

noun plural -men

a scorekeeper or recorder

dialect a travelling salesman for a firm specializing in hire-purchase

Derived Formstallywoman, fem n

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