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  • 31Toll — Toll, v. t. [See {Tole}.] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}. [1913 Webster] 2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly …

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  • 32Toll Booth Willie — is a comedy skit by Adam Sandler and Steve Koren about a much abused toll taker in Worcester, Massachusetts.The skit, which appears on Sandler s 1993 debut album They re All Gonna Laugh at You! , stars Sandler in the title role, speaking in an… …

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  • 33toll — Ⅰ. toll [1] ► NOUN 1) a charge payable to use a bridge or road or (N. Amer. ) for a long distance telephone call. 2) the number of deaths or casualties arising from an accident, disaster, etc. 3) the cost or damage resulting from something. ●… …

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  • 34Toll — Toll, v. i. 1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.] [1913 Webster] Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our… …

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  • 35Toll House Inn — of Whitman, Massachusetts, was established in 1930 by Kenneth and Ruth Graves Wakefield. The original toll house had been built in 1709 and had a rich history of providing a night s solace to weary travelers. Located on what is now Route 18 about …

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  • 36Toll house (disambiguation) — Toll house may refer to:* Toll house, a building or facility where a toll is collected on a toll road * Toll House cookies, a brand of chocolate chip cookie. * Toll House Inn, the restaurant that originated the cookie. * Tollhouse, California, a… …

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  • 37toll — toll·age; toll; toll·booth; toll·man; toll·er; ex·toll; …

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  • 38toll — toll1 [tōl] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger zoll, ON tollr < MLowG tol < ML tolneum < VL * toloneum, toll(house), for L teloneum < Gr telōnion < telōnēs, tax collector < telos, tax, akin to tlēnai, to support, bear: for IE base see… …

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  • 39Toll tin — was a term historically used in tin mining in Devon and Cornwall. The holder of a set of tin bounds was required to pay the freeholder of the land on which the bounds had been pitched a portion, called toll tin, of the tin ore (or black tin)… …

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  • 40Toll bridges, tunnels, and ferries in Texas — Toll bridges = *Laredo Juarez Lincoln International Bridge *Laredo Gateway to the Americas International Bridge *Laredo Colombia Solidarity International Bridge *Laredo World Trade International Bridge *Mountain Creek Lake Bridge *Sam Houston… …

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