tallyman

The only individual who was received with equal cordiality by all ranks, was the tallyman's traveller.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell
I noticed it, myself, with more especial observation, at my post 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
I was again dressed up in a borrowed boiler suit for the duties of tallyman.
The Bonadventure|Edmund Blunden

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

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 forms of tallyman

tallywoman, fem n

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