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

A million of curses on Mollie Charane—    Lone, lone you have left me here— The first who gave tocher to daughter in Man.

From Mollie Charane and Other Ballads by George Henry Borrow

I aye kennt your fayther was weel conneckit, Marjorie, but lairge interests in the cen o' writers to the signet like Mac Smaill means a graun' fortune, a muckle tocher, lassie.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

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 Robert Burns

And as soon as they gat the tocher, he’s off wi’ the lassie.

From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

"Fifty pounds off her tocher," muttered Samuel between his teeth, and then took a drink of the cold water, in the full memory of the claret.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

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