tocher

[ tokh-er ]

noun

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

verb (used with object)

1. to provide with a dowry.

tocher

/ ˈtɒxər /

noun

1. a dowry

verb

1. tr to give a dowry to

Word History and Origins

Origin of tocher¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tocher¹

C15: from Scottish Gaelic tochradh

Example Sentences

The man wha sits on the silk goun-tail o' the wife wha's tocher bought it, never sits easy.

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He's willin' to take you with him, Nelly, and he shows his good blood when he holds that a Carnegie needs no tocher.

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They'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.

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Highland thieves,' said Jean; 'and 'tis for what tocher they may force from you, James, not for her face.'

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And a poor tocher he gets wi her, said the Leddy;—wounds and bruises, and putrefying sores, to make up a pack for beggary.

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