tollman

[ tohl-muh n ]

/ ˈtoʊl mən /

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noun, plural toll·men.

a tollkeeper.

Nearby words

tollgatherer, tollhouse, tollhouse cookie, tolling dog, tollkeeper, tollman, tollund man, tollway, tolly, tollywood, tolnaftate

Origin of tollman

First recorded in 1735–45; toll¹ + -man

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for tollman

Upon arrival officers found Tollman “unconscious and unresponsive.”
Celebrity Stylist Annabel Tollman Dead at Thirty-Nine|Misty White Sidell|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Still, Tollman says the shift by no means began or ended with the "Poker Face" star.
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Tollman himself, the observer would have said, had left nothing to ask.
The Tyranny of Weakness|Charles Neville Buck
Turkey stands the tollman at the turnpike-gate, controlling and usurping the highway of all nations.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878|Various

But Mrs. Tollman was looking at the ringed and shadowed eyes and they challenged her ready sympathy.
The Tyranny of Weakness|Charles Neville Buck
"I'm sure Conscience joins me in insisting that you come," went on Mr. Tollman persuasively.
The Tyranny of Weakness|Charles Neville Buck
If a heavy drove of oxen hadn't come by immediately, the tollman would have gone down to the village straight, to inquire into it.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit|Charles Dickens