tocher
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
to provide with a dowry.
Origin of tocher
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How to use tocher in a sentence
The man wha sits on the silk goun-tail o' the wife wha's tocher bought it, never sits easy.
The Proverbs of Scotland | Alexander HislopHe's willin' to take you with him, Nelly, and he shows his good blood when he holds that a Carnegie needs no tocher.
Girlhood and Womanhood | Sarah TytlerThey're too poor to keep us; an' wull be sure to sell us somewhere, an' to somebody that ha'e got the tocher to gie for us.
The Boy Slaves | Mayne ReidHighland thieves,' said Jean; 'and 'tis for what tocher they may force from you, James, not for her face.'
Two Penniless Princesses | Charlotte M. YongeAnd a poor tocher he gets wi her, said the Leddy;—wounds and bruises, and putrefying sores, to make up a pack for beggary.
The Entail | John Galt
British Dictionary definitions for tocher
/ (ˈtɒxər) Scot /
a dowry
(tr) to give a dowry to
Origin of tocher
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