TOLLMAN

tollkeeper, tollman, tollgatherer, toll collector, toll taker, toll agent, toller

(noun) someone employed to collect tolls

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tollman (plural tollmen)

One who receives or collects a toll.

Source: Wiktionary


Toll"man, n.; pl. Tollmen (.

Definition: One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 May 2025

BEATIFY

(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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