tallyman
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tallyman (plural tallymen)
- A person who keeps a tally of something.
- 1960 July, G. Freeman Allen, “Margam yard - the most modern in Europe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 406, photo caption:
- 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.
- 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
- At the prefab site entrance, we collect our breathing apparatus from the 'tallyman' who books people in and out of the tunnel.
- A man who conducts the tally trade
- (informal, regional, archaic) A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage.
- 1890, Thomas Ratcliffe, “Tally-woman”, in Notes and Queries[1], page 297:
- 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.
- (Ireland, politics) A counting agent; typically one who is a man.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “tallyman”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.