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tollhouse

[ tohl-hous ]

noun

, plural toll·hous·es [tohl, -hou-ziz].
  1. a house or booth at a tollgate, occupied by a tollkeeper.


tollhouse

/ ˈtɒl-; ˈtəʊlˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a small house at a tollgate occupied by a toll collector
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tollhouse1

First recorded in 1400–50, tollhouse is from the late Middle English word tolhowse. See toll 1, house
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Example Sentences

I have seen carriages and traps waiting as far as the tollhouse.

Fortune favored her again, and there he stood in the doorway of the little tollhouse.

I want you to stay with me, but I don't expect you to be stuck down to this tollhouse all day.

The carrier brought but one letter to the tollhouse, and that was for Captain Asher himself.

Nearly the whole of that morning Dick Lancaster sat in the arbor in the tollhouse garden, his book in his hand.

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