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

Yet, strange enough too, the Nabob had promised the man who should marry his daughter the weight of herself in fine Indian gold, weighed in a balance, as her tocher.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII by Wilson, John Mackay

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 Borrow, George Henry

If he had money to even Margaret’s tocher, and if he were more punctual at the ordinances, there would be no fault to him.”

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

My lady’s white, my lady’s red, And kith and kin o’ Cassillis’ blude; But her ten-pund lands o’ tocher guid Were a’ the charms his lordship lo’ed.

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

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 Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)