/ · 1894 Brewer’s · T · 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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