tocher

American  

[tokh-er] / ˈtɒx ər /

noun

1. a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.

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verb (used with object)

1. to provide with a dowry.

tocher British  

/ ˈtɒxər /

noun

1. a dowry

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verb

1. (tr) to give a dowry to

Etymology

Origin of tocher

1490–1500; < Scots Gaelic tochradh; compare MIr tochra payment made to the bride or bride's father by the groom

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Example Sentences

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tocher

"Granted," answered Bucklaw; "but I care not a penny for her tocher; I have enough of my own."

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott

"A clerk, a clerk," the king replied, "To seal her tocher wi' thee."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

It may happen, though, that ye're ower parteecular, or it may be ye're lookin' oot for yin wi' a towsy tocher.

From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh

Better a tocher in her than wi' her.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

Wilt thou ask thy father 65 for so much of thy tocher?

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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