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tol⋅booth

  [tohl-booth, -booth]
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–noun, plural -booths  [-boothz, -booths] . Chiefly Scot.
1. a town jail.
2. a town hall or guild hall, esp. a place where tolls are paid.
Also, tollbooth.

Origin:
1300–50; ME; see tollbooth
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tol·booth also toll·booth   (tōl'bōōth')   
n.   Scots
A prison; a jail.

[Middle English tolbothe, town hall containing customs offices and prison cells : tol, toll; see toll1 + bothe, booth; see booth.]
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