toll bridge

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noun

a bridge at which a toll is charged.

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Nearby words

tolima, tolkien, tolkien, j. r. r., toll, toll bar, toll bridge, toll call, toll collector, toll line, toll road, toll thorough

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