tollman

American  

[tohl-muhn] / ˈtoʊl mən /

noun

• tollmen
  plural

1. a tollkeeper.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tollmen
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tollman

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tollman tollmen

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 Nathaniel Hawthorne

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 Jacob Abbott

“No one but Dick, the tollman, could have thrown that against the door!” said a little man who seemed a person of authority.

From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher

Death saw a tollman taking a toll, In the spirit of his fraternity; But he knew that sort of man would extort, Though summoned to all eternity.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

After every one of these disclosures, the tollman plunged into his house again, and was seen no more, while the other side went on in great amazement.

From Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

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 T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland

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 Carolyn Wells

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