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

Example Sentences

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tocher

Irish, a pouch, a purse; strath, N., a valley; strathspey, Sc., a dance, named from the valley of the river Spey; tocher, N., a dowry; usquebaugh, Sc.,

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

After all, Jan had been the injured man; he ought to 157 have had some of her tocher down.

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

A cow and a calf, An ox and a half, Forty good shillings and three; Is that not enough tocher For a shoe-maker's daughter, A bonny lass with a black e'e?

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various

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

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir

Ye can tak Meg—an' your life as her tocher.'

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard