Definitions for tallymen

tallymen tal·ly·man

Spelling: [tal-ee-muh n]
IPA: /ˈtæl i mən/

Tallymen is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in tallymen (aellmnty).

Definitions for tallymen

noun

  1. a person who tallies or keeps account of something.
  2. British. a person who sells merchandise on the hire-purchase system.

Origin of tallymen

First recorded in 1645-55; tally + -man

Examples for tallymen

The only individual who was received with equal cordiality by all ranks, was the tallyman's traveller.

Some of them had to pay a shilling a week to a tallyman or credit clothier.

I noticed it, myself, with more especial observation, at my post of tallyman.

I was again dressed up in a borrowed boiler suit for the duties of tallyman.

And the side of bacon lay upon the hillside until the tallyman from Portburdock found it in the morning.

Word Value for tallymen
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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