tolsey
English
Noun
tolsey (plural tolseys)
- (obsolete) A tollbooth.
- (obsolete) A merchants' meeting place or exchange.
- January 11 1803, Sir George Onesiphorus Paul, An Address Delivered at a General Meeting of the County of Glocester:
- it is by adjournment only that they afterwards sit to do business at the Tolsey
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References
- tolsey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔlzɛi̯/
Descendants
- English: tolsey
References
- “tol-sel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.
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