tallyman
/tal-ee-muhn/US // ˈtæl i mən //UK // (ˈtælɪmən) //
理货员,理财师,理发师,理学家
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural tal·ly·men.
- : a person who tallies or keeps account of something.
- : British. a person who sells merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
Examples
The only individual who was received with equal cordiality by all ranks, was the tallyman's traveller.
I noticed it, myself, with more especial observation, at my post of tallyman.
Some of them had to pay a shilling a week to a tallyman or credit clothier.
I was again dressed up in a borrowed boiler suit for the duties of tallyman.
And the side of bacon lay upon the hillside until the tallyman from Portburdock found it in the morning.
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