tollhouse

American  

[tohl-hous] / ˈtoʊlˌhaʊs /

noun

plural

tollhouses

1. a house or booth at a tollgate, occupied by a tollkeeper.

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tollhouse British  

/ ˈtɒl-, ˈtəʊlˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a small house at a tollgate occupied by a toll collector

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Etymology

Origin of tollhouse

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

Example Sentences

Plump with ricotta, Lidia's chocolate chip cookie is not the golden tollhouse cookie of your American dreams.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2021

He first had a tollhouse pie years ago on the Jersey Shore, loved it and then developed his own version.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2014

Ruth G. Wakefield, 73, creator of the tollhouse chocolate-chip cookie; of cancer; in Plymouth, Mass. In 1930 Wakefield and her husband opened an inn in an old tollhouse on the Boston-to-New Bedford road.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Jacobs rang up her husband at his tollhouse on the Pontchartrain Bridge, spoke breathlessly.

From Time Magazine Archive

But she saw the point of Olive's request; it would be awkward to have him at the tollhouse.

From The Captain's Toll-Gate by Stockton, Frank Richard