toller

[toh-ler]

toll·er

1[toh-ler]
noun
1.
a person or thing that tolls.
2.
Also called tolling dog. a small dog trained to entice ducks into shooting range or a trap.
3.
a person who tolls a bell.
4.
a bell used for tolling; a tolling bell.

Origin:
1400–50; Middle English: one who lures. See toll2, -er1

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Toller is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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toll·er

2[toh-ler]

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English tollere. See toll1, -er1

Tol·ler

[taw-ler, tol-er; Ger. taw-luhr]
noun
Ernst [urnst; Ger. ernst] , 1893–1939, German dramatist.
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Toller (German ˈtɔlər)
 
n
Ernst (ɛrnst). 1893--1939, German dramatist and revolutionary, noted particularly for his expressionist plays, esp Masse Mensch (1921)

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