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toller

1
[toh-ler]
noun
  1. a person or thing that tolls.
  2. Also called tolling dog. a small dog trained to entice ducks into shooting range or a trap.
  3. a person who tolls a bell.
  4. a bell used for tolling; a tolling bell.
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Origin of toller

1
1400–50; Middle English: one who lures. See toll2, -er1

toller

2
[toh-ler]
noun
  1. a toll collector.
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Origin of toller

2
before 1000; Middle English; Old English tollere. See toll1, -er1

Toller

[taw-ler, tol-er; German taw-luh r]
noun
  1. Ernst [urnst; German ernst] /ɜrnst; German ɛrnst/, 1893–1939, German dramatist.
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Historical Examples of toller

  • The Rucastles will be gone by that time, and Toller will, we hope, be incapable.

    Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    A. Conan Doyle

  • It is clear that Mrs. Toller knows more about this matter than any one else.

  • Miss Toller did all she could to get other boarders, but none came and she had a hard time.

  • Mr. Toller met them at the station with a four-wheeled chaise.

  • Towards the end of the summer Toller's health began to decline.

    Mad Shepherds

    L. P. Jacks

British Dictionary definitions for toller

Toller

noun
  1. Ernst (ɛrnst). 1893–1939, German dramatist and revolutionary, noted particularly for his expressionist plays, esp Masse Mensch (1921)
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