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- noun Plural form of
tolbooth .
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Melrose was considered for many years merely a stone quarry, from which materials were taken for all sorts of buildings, such as constructing tolbooths, repairing mills and sluices; and it has been only till a comparatively recent period that its priceless value as an architectural remain has led to proper efforts for its preservation.
Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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