tallymen

Variant of tallyman

tallyman definition

tally·man (tal′ē mən)

noun pl. tallymen -·men (-mən)

  1. a person who tallies something
  2. Brit. a person who sells goods door to door on the installment plan and calls regularly to collect the payments

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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