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Definition of Tallyman
1. Noun. One who sells goods on the installment plan.
Generic synonyms: Bagman, Commercial Traveler, Commercial Traveller, Roadman, Traveling Salesman, Travelling Salesman
2. Noun. One who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received.
Definition of Tallyman
1. n. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.
Definition of Tallyman
1. Noun. A person who keeps a tally of something ¹
2. Noun. A person who conducts the tally trade ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tallyman
1. a person who tallies [n TALLYMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tallyman
Literary usage of Tallyman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and by Henry Mayhew (1851)
"The system does not prevail to so great an ex-tent as it did some years back.
The pedlar or hawking tallyman travels for orders, ..."
2. The Pictorial Handbook of London by John Weale (1854)
"The tallyman sells goods of all kinds to the working classes, at their own houses,
sending an agent weekly to receive payment by instalments, ..."
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