单词 | tollman |
释义 | tollmann. A man who collects tolls; the keeper of a toll-gate. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > toll-barrier > keeper of tollman1743 toll-keeper1822 1743 in C. J. Fèret Fulham (1900) I. 63 It was agreed to take on Mr. Haines (tollman) again. 1763 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 91/1 Richard Watson, tollman of Marybone turnpike, was..murdered in his toll-house. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 243 The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. 1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord Introd. The tollman at the well-frequented turnpike on the Wellbrae-head. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 98 ‘You must pay toll’, said the toll-man, stepping forward. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1743 |
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