tollman

American  

[tohl-muhn] / ˈtoʊl mən /

noun

tollmen plural

1. a tollkeeper.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tollmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tollman

First recorded in 1735–45; toll ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tollman tollmen

"Where do you wish to go?" said the tollman.

From Rollo in London by Abbott, Jacob

"How much is to pay?" said Mr. George to the tollman, taking out his purse.

From Rollo in London by Abbott, Jacob

The tollman would swing out this shoe over the boat that was passing through, as a boy would swing his hook and sinker out over the water if he were going to catch fish.

From Rollo in Holland by Abbott, Jacob

Dominicus was acquainted with the tollman, and, while making change, the usual remarks on the weather passed between them.

From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

I’ll read you just a few of the leaders I wrote at that time upon the Buff job of appointing a new tollman to the turnpike here. 

From Pickwickian Studies by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

And now the turnpike gates again flew open in short space; The tollmen thinking, as before, that Gilpin rode a race.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The tollmen thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)