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Tallyman (A)

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A travelling draper who calls at private houses to sell wares on the tally system—that is, part payment on account, and other parts when the man calls again

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Talisman
Talk
Talk Shop
Talkee Talkee
Talking Bird
Tall Men
Talleyrand
Tally (A)
Tally
Tally-ho!
Tallyman (A)
Talmud (The)
Talpot or Talipot Tree
Talus
Tam-o-Shanter’s Mare
Tamarisk
Tame Cat (A)
Tamerlane
Taming of the Shrew
Tammany (St.)
Tammany Ring