English Dictionary

tallyman

noun

A person who keeps a tally of something. / A man who conducts the tally trade / (informal, regional, archaic) A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage.

The tallyman carefully recorded the number of items sold.

意味（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.

意味（2）

A man who conducts the tally trade

意味（3）

(informal, regional, archaic) A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage.

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.