tallyman

[ tal-ee-muh n ]

/ ˈtæl i mən /

a person who tallies or keeps account of something.

British. a person who sells merchandise on the hire-purchase system.

Origin of tallyman

First recorded in 1645–55; tally + -man

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

The Bonadventure |Edmund Blunden
I was again dressed up in a borrowed boiler suit for the duties of tallyman.

The Bonadventure |Edmund Blunden
Some of them had to pay a shilling a week to a tallyman or credit clothier.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |Robert Tressell
And the side of bacon lay upon the hillside until the tallyman from Portburdock found it in the morning.

The Wonderful Visit |Herbert George Wells

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

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |Robert Tressell

tallyman

/ (ˈtælɪmən) /

a scorekeeper or recorder

dialect a travelling salesman for a firm specializing in hire-purchase

tallywoman, fem n