toll-collector love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A functionary who collects tolls and charges.
  • noun A counter or registering device to indicate the number of persons passing a turnstile.
  • noun In a grain-mill, a device attached to the feed to take out the toll, or miller's compensation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a person who collects the toll at a toll road or toll bridge
  • noun a device that counts the people going through a turnstile and paying a toll

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