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tollbooth

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tollbooth \Toll"booth`\, v. t.
   To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]

         That they might tollbooth Oxford men.    --Bp. Corbet.

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.

Source : WordNet®

tollbooth
     n : a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects
         tolls [syn: {tolbooth}, {tollhouse}]
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