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English Dictionary: tollbooth by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tollbooth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tollbooth
n
  1. a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
    Synonym(s): tollbooth, tolbooth, tollhouse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tollbooth \Toll"booth`\, n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also
      tolbooth.]
      1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or
            toll. [Obs.]
  
                     He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. --Wyclif
                                                                              (Mark ii. 14).
  
      2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a
            town jail. --Sir W. Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tollbooth \Toll"booth`\, v. t.
      To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]
  
               That they might tollbooth Oxford men.      --Bp. Corbet.
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