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Definition of Tollbooths
1. tollbooth [n] - See also: tollbooth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tollbooths
Literary usage of Tollbooths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Saving Oil and Reducing Co2 Emissions in Transport: Options & Strategies by Iea, International Energy Agency (2001)
"Road tolls historically have been collected manually at tollbooths, ... In some
cases tollbooths have been removed once the capital costs of a roadway ..."
2. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"Out front, the red lights became a swarm closing in on the tollbooths. In the
distance Sherman could see the dense black of Manhattan. ..."
3. Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger (2002)
"... through state highway tollbooths. A circuit-board inspector for a local
electronics company, Alciere ran as a Republican in a heavily Democratic ward, ..."
4. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"The four-lane road has four tollbooths between the border and San Carlos/Guaymas.
You may pay in either US dollars or Mexican pesos, but not a mixture of ..."
5. Adventure Guide Honduras & the Bay Islands by Maria Fiallos (2006)
"The turn-off to the Western Highway (CA 4) is just after the tollbooths and the
gas station on the right-hand side of the road. Stay on this highway until ..."
6. Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"... tollbooths. Rights-societies were a fabulous opportunity to skim and launder
and spindle money in plenty, and Virgins massive repertoire combined with ..."
7. Post Ex Sub Dis: Urban Fragmentations and Constructions by Ghent Urban Studies Team (2002)
"... population - leave in inhabited space: near tollbooths on expressways, but
also in historic centers and on unauthorized parking lots and urban avenues. ..."
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