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单词 tollbooth
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tollbooth

[ tohl-booth, -booth ]
/ ˈtoʊlˌbuθ, -ˌbuð /

noun, plural toll·booths [tohl-boothz, -booths]. /ˈtoʊlˌbuðz, -ˌbuθs/.

a booth, as at a bridge or the entrance to a toll road, where a toll is collected.
Chiefly Scot. tolbooth.

Origin of tollbooth

First recorded in 1300–50, tollbooth is from the Middle English word tolbothe.See toll1, booth

Words nearby tollbooth

Tolkien, Tolkien, J. R. R., toll, tollage, toll bar, tollbooth, toll bridge, toll call, toll collector, toller, toll-free
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Example sentences from the Web for tollbooth

  • But Willie went wrong—and from bad to worse; but now he is in the tollbooth at Aberdeen, as you have heard.

    Allison Bain|Margaret Murray Robertson
  • But I will give you the name of the man who used to go to the tollbooth on Sunday afternoons.

    Allison Bain|Margaret Murray Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for tollbooth

tollbooth

tolbooth

/ (ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ, -ˌbuːð, ˈtɒl-) /

noun

a booth or kiosk at which a toll is collected
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