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• toller
  toller

  noun

  a person or thing that tolls.
• Toller
  Toller

  noun

  Ernst 1893–1939, German dramatist.

toller

¹ American  

[toh-ler] / ˈtoʊ lər /

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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toller ² American  

[toh-ler] / ˈtoʊ lər /

noun

1. a toll collector.

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Toller ³ American  

[taw-ler, tol-er, taw-luhr] / ˈtɔ lər, ˈtɒl ər, ˈtɔ lər /

noun

1. Ernst 1893–1939, German dramatist.

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Toller British  

/ ˈtɔlər /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of toller¹

1400–50; Middle English: one who lures. See toll ², -er ¹

Origin of toller²

before 1000; Middle English; Old English tollere. See toll ¹, -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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But in their own territory, people turn to stare at a hunter who works with any other dog than a toller.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's easy sayin', 'Run the toller off,' Mo; but who's to do it with such a little flame?"

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

I didn't have no call to toller, and he knowed how to run, I reckon.

From The Gentleman from Indiana by Booth Tarkington

I could get a toller cask down out of a van.

From The Golden Magnet by George Manville Fenn

Yet with all his mock-heroic notoriety, the toller Pückler was by no means destitute of those practical qualities which tempered the Teutonic Romanticism, even in its earliest and most extravagant developments.

From Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century by George Paston

The new registrar, Tom Toller, said his office had discovered “an issue with ink overspray” that “is preventing our election equipment from processing those ballots.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024

"My client asked for his office to be raided as part of the investigation as he is innocent," Toller said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2023

And in “First Reformed,” Hawke is the Rev. Ernst Toller, a holy man filled with despair over climate change.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2023

Daniaal Iqbal, 23, of Toller Lane, Bradford, collided with Peter Rushforth, 56, while driving his van on a country road near Ripon.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022

"You feel that, do you?" said Mrs. Toller, much gratified.

From Peter Binney A Novel by Archibald Marshall

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