Pl. -men. [f. TOLL sb.1] A man who collects tolls; the keeper of a toll-gate.
1743. in Feret, Fulham (1900), I. 63. It was agreed to take on Mr. Haines (tollman) again.
1763. [see TOLL-HOUSE 2].
1782. Cowper, Gilpin, 243. The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
1816. Scott, Tales my Landlord, Introd. The tollman at the well-frequented turnpike on the Wellbrae-head.
1886. W. J. Tucker, E. Europe, 98. ‘You must pay toll,’ said the toll-man, stepping forward.
