Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dowry which a wife brings to her husband by marriage.
- To give a tocher or dowry to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. Dowry brought by a bride to her husband.
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- noun A
dowry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had already endowed Mrs. Spottiswoode with a handsome "tocher," and since his marriage had settled within five miles of Priorton.
Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870
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At the age of 23 he married his first wife, Barbara Montgomerie, an Irvine lass, with a "tocher" of
Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863
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Montgomerie, an Irvine lass, with a "tocher" of 250L.
Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles 1858
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"tocher," and must not be confounded with the "Mahr" = dowry, settled by the husband upon the wife.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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“Granted,” answered Bucklaw; “but I care not a penny for her tocher; I have enough of my own.”
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March 19, 2007 at 11:45 am to be honez baxter tocher (tangents: LOL ur name sounds like a character from achewood (ps, is a compliment)) it just seemz liked the right thing to dos. thaz all.
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There is a privilege common to the sons of all noble lords, the full value of which the young Scotts learnt very early in life — that of making any woman with a tocher an honourable lady.
The Three Clerks 2004
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Steenie, Baby Charles, and our council — till he heard of the tocher, and then, by my kingly crown, he lap like a cock at a grossart!
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“Your tocher is substantial, your father was generous—a fine endowment for any convent—what has kept you from the cloister?”
Tempted by Your Touch JEN HOLLING 2002
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The packet was light, which told him the coin portion of her tocher had not arrived either.
Tempted by Your Touch JEN HOLLING 2002
hernesheir commented on the word tocher
dowry
December 9, 2010
qms commented on the word tocher
In Scotland a good marriage broker
Will find you a lass and will yoke her.
If he's done his duty
She may be no beauty
But bring you a generous tocher.
November 20, 2016