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Toller   /tˈoʊlər/   Listen
Toller

noun
1.
A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation).  Synonyms: bell ringer, ringer.
2.
Someone employed to collect tolls.  Synonyms: toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, tollgatherer, tollkeeper, tollman.






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"Toller" Quotes from Famous Books



... breakfast. Perfectly good temper both of us. Then she said, 'Those houses in King's Close are going to be eighty pounds a year; and, what do you think, Mrs. Toller is going to take one!' Immediately I was riled. Why should I get riled because she says that Mrs. Toller is going to take a house for eighty pounds a year? I just rustled the newspaper. Why on earth couldn't I say, 'Good lord, ...
— If Winter Comes • A.S.M. Hutchinson

... the other man, whose name was Toller, dashed to the door. On the pavement there was a confused scramble. Blows were struck indiscriminately. Two policemen appeared. One was laid hors de combat by a kick on the knee-cap from Toller. ...
— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, editors

... times during the voyage. When the Loons are on the water the Indians toll them by flashing a tin pan from the bushes behind which the toller hides till the bird is in range. I saw many clever tollings but I did not see ...
— The Arctic Prairies • Ernest Thompson Seton



Words linked to "Toller" :   signaller, toll, employee, signaler, toll agent



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