tallyman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who keeps a tally of something.
    — Uncoupling a train into cuts in the reception sidings - as a shunter wields his pole, the tallyman reads off details of the train to the Traffic Office through his portable radio transmitter.
  2. A man who conducts the tally trade.
  3. A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage. archaic,informal,regional
    — The term tally-man and tally-woman, indicating a man and woman living together without marriage, are used in mining districts, where such unions are far from uncommon.
  4. A counting agent; typically one who is a man. Ireland

词形变化

tallymen plural

词汇关系

相关词
tallywoman live tally

词源

Etymology tree
English tally
English -man
English tallyman
From tally + -man.
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