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tallyman

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aallmntyStarts with TEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. one who sells goods on the installment plan

Word origin

From tally + -man.

Used in a sentence

  • Uncoupling a train into cuts in the reception sidings - as a shunter wields his pole, the tallyman reads off details of the train to the Traffic Office through his portable radio transmitter.
  • At the prefab site entrance, we collect our breathing apparatus from the 'tallyman' who books people in and out of the tunnel.
  • The term tally-man and tally-woman, indicating a man and woman living together without marriage, are used in mining districts, where such unions are far from uncommon.

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