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

“Well, then, since thy father keeps thy tocher from me, I must borrow of my own kin.”

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

It was na for naething ye left poor young Peggie; It was for my tocher ye cam' to court me.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers

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 Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat

Altho’ his daddie was nae laird, And tho’ I hae nae meikle tocher; Yet rich in kindest, truest love, We’ll tent our flocks by Galla Water.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

Now, haud your tongue, bonny Lizie; Ye never shall rue for me; Gi'e me but your love for my love,35 It is a' that your tocher will be.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various