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

"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 Tytler, Sarah

"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

Eh, but it's a gey grand tocher is a pretty face.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

Then hey for a lass wi’ a tocher, Then hey for a lass wi’ a tocher; Then hey for a lass wi’ a tocher, The nice yellow guineas for me.

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 Burns, Robert

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