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Tallyman

noun
(pl. tallymen)
1.
One who sells goods on the installment plan.
2.
One who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received.  Synonym: tally clerk.






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"Tallyman" Quotes from Famous Books



... in which you may see how ugly you look when you don't bid. What do you say now? Come! Do you say a pound? Not you, for you haven't got it. Do you say ten shillings? Not you, for you owe more to the tallyman. Well then, I'll tell you what I'll do with you. I'll heap 'em all on the footboard of the cart,—there they are! razors, flat watch, dinner plates, rolling-pin, and away for four shillings, and I'll give you sixpence for your trouble!" This ...
— Doctor Marigold • Charles Dickens



Words linked to "Tallyman" :   commercial traveller, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, bagman, clerk, U.K., roadman, commercial traveler, travelling salesman, Great Britain, traveling salesman, United Kingdom, UK



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