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

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 John Mackay Wilson

"A clerk, a clerk," the king replied, "To seal her tocher wi' thee."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

"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

They’re too poor to keep us; an’ wull be sure to sell us somewhere, an’ to somebody that ha’e got the tocher to gie for us.

From The Boy Slaves by Mayne Reid

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

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

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