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Definition of Tolbooth
1. Noun. A booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls.
Generic synonyms: Booth, Cubicle, Kiosk, Stall
Group relationships: Toll Plaza
Definition of Tolbooth
1. n. See Tollbooth.
Definition of Tolbooth
1. Noun. (archaic form of toll booth) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tolbooth
1. a prison [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tolbooth
Literary usage of Tolbooth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time by Daniel Wilson (1891)
"8 The first allusion indicates the same site for the tolbooth at that early ...
The name tolbooth literally signifies tax-house,4 and the existence of a ..."
2. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1902)
"March 1631- on the 29th he imprisoned him of new within the tolbooth and detains
against John April 1632. FOL 260, a. nun there as aue ..."
3. History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1853)
"To the tolbooth! to the " tolbooth!" and in a few minutes more they were thundering
at the gates of the gaol, and demanding that the prisoner should be ..."
4. Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire: Illustrative of the by William Hector (1876)
"The entrance to the tolbooth was by a strong door, under the head of the outside
stair leading to the County Court-House on the second floor. ..."
5. History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1853)
"To the tolbooth! to the tolbooth! " and in a few minutes more they were thundering
at the gates of the gaol, and demanding that the prisoner should be given ..."
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