tollhouse

[ tohl-hous ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural toll·hous·es [tohl, -hou-ziz].

tollhouse

/ ˈtɒl-; ˈtəʊlˌhaʊs /

First recorded in 1400–50, tollhouse is from the late Middle English word tolhowse. See toll ¹, house

I have seen carriages and traps waiting as far as the tollhouse.

Fortune favored her again, and there he stood in the doorway of the little tollhouse.

I want you to stay with me, but I don't expect you to be stuck down to this tollhouse all day.

The carrier brought but one letter to the tollhouse, and that was for Captain Asher himself.

Nearly the whole of that morning Dick Lancaster sat in the arbor in the tollhouse garden, his book in his hand.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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