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

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

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

In her presence Mr James Petrie forgot several things, and among the rest, his father’s pawky hints about Miss Langrigs and her tocher, which were to be had for the asking, as he thought.

From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson

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

From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Sarah Tytler

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