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

Words nearby toll bridge

Tolkien, J. R. R., toll, tollage, toll bar, tollbooth, toll bridge, toll call, toll collector, toller, toll-free, tollgate

How to use toll bridge in a sentence

The death toll, which experts believe has been significantly undercut by secret burials, stands at 7,905.
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His most recent assignment was the 84th Precinct, at the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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In France, the death toll has been lower: One young man killed in the city of Nantes.
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The same night the “dead cops” chant was recorded, two police officers were attacked on the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Today, the train chugs north out of Kanchanaburi over the famous bridge before it hits a spectacular bend in the river.
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The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.
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It was a direct lie to tell the Austrian commander that an armistice had been arranged and the bridge ceded to the French.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The ruse by which he and Lannes captured the bridge below Vienna was discreditable no doubt from the point of view of morality.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
"There is a bridge up yonder, monsieur," returned the servant, thankful to have the conversation changed.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
They crossed the bridge and rode up the gently rising, bare, and rugged ground towards Condillac.
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