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toll bridge

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noun

a bridge at which a toll is charged.

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Origin of toll bridge

First recorded in 1765–75

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for toll bridge

When he comes nosing around the bridge of his nose is a toll-bridge.
The Voice of the City|O. Henry
It was a toll-bridge, and every crossing team put at least one dollar into the pockets of its owners.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.|Various
When we crossed the river after that, we went over the toll-bridge, and we paid our pennies, like other sensible people.
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy|Frank Richard Stockton
He was coming from the direction of the toll-bridge, and had evidently met the boy.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day

They have taken Redlands—that pretty house just beyond the toll-bridge on the other side of Warford.
A Terrible Tomboy|Angela Brazil