tally stick

collocation in English

meaningsoftallyandstick

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tally
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈtæl.i/us
/ˈtæl.i/
a record or count of a number ...
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stick
noun
uk
/stɪk/us
/stɪk/
a thin piece of wood or ...
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(Definition oftallyandstickfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftally stick

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Thetallystickis a timeless way of counting.
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Some writers have suggested that it was used as atallystick.
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The earliest counting device was probably a form oftallystick.
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Water clocks, along with sundials, are likely to be the oldest time-measuring instruments, with the only exceptions being the vertical gnomon and the day-countingtallystick.
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In such a case the message may have been transcribed in notches on the branch, perhaps in the ogham alphabet, or in a fashion similar to thetallystick.
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They ensured that the public was given very much better service than that given in the days of the old tally sticks.
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He was the caretaker who put the tally sticks on the boiler and set fire to the place.
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Prior to the popularisation of scorecards, most scoring was done by men sitting on vantage points cuttings notches on tally sticks.
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Devices such as tally sticks were used to record these obligations and these then became negotiable instruments which could function as money.
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The title "tallyman" extended to the keeper of a village pound as animals were often held against debts, and tally sticks were used to prove they could be released.
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