Definition of "tomans" [tomans]

• Plural form of toman. (noun)

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• "The total expenditure from the net revenue of 2,677,000 tomans is summed up in the following manner: –"
• "Of this amount, no less a sum than 800,000 tomans is expended at the capital in salaries and allowances to the members of the different departments of the state and their subordinates, and to the other public servants, exclusive of the army."
• "I could show you everywhere the green banks and knolls of earth, which Scotch people call "kames" and "tomans" -- perhaps brought down by ancient glaciers, or dropped by ancient icebergs -- now so smooth and green through summer and through winter, among the wild heath and the rough peat-moss, that the old Scots fancied, and I dare say Scotch children fancy still, fairies dwelt inside."