About The Word Tollbooth
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Tollbooth
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What's The Definition Of Tollbooth?
[n] a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tollbooth: tolbooth | tollhouse Related Terms | Find terms related to Tollbooth: See Also | booth | cubicle | kiosk | stall | toll plaza Tollbooth In Webster's Dictionary \Toll"booth`\, n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also
tolbooth.]
1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or
toll. [Obs.]
He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. --Wyclif
(Mark ii. 14).
2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a
town jail. --Sir W. Scott.
\Toll"booth`\, v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.] That they might tollbooth Oxford men. --Bp. Corbet. |
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