tallyman

IPA: tˈæɫimæn

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.

Examples of "tallyman" in Sentences

The skipper took his eye off the tallyman counting in fish.
I'm a tenacious tallyman with the heart of a solid gold compass.
Some of them had to pay a shilling a week to a tallyman or credit clothier.
Which is more than can be said for some of these sharpers that go by the name of tallyman.
Depending on the size of the site, this tally will be kept by a tallyman, foreman or works supervisor himself.
She emptied the basket on the dump and handed the tallyman a wooden marker: Lizzie guessed the markers were used to calculate the wages at the end of the week.
A manual earth-moving site comprises: a site supervisor, four men or gang leaders, labourers, water carriers where necessary, a topography team, a tallyman and a watchman for the equipment.
She had made several purchases of gewgaws, and had already paid three or four times their value, but was still in debt to the tallyman, who threatened all manner of impossible proceedings if she did not make up her arrears.