tolsey

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tolsey (plural tolseys)

  1. (obsolete) A tollbooth.
  2. (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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From toll (toll) +‎ selde (store).

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tolsey

  1. A trading facility for merchants.
  2. A courtroom.

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  • English: tolsey

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