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Meanings of cumshaw in English

A voluntary additional payment made for services rendered.

Synonyms
Examples for "tip"
Examples for "tip"
1
Under that plan, the Victorian state government would also tip in money.
Reuters
2
Interventions: A 200-W, cooled-tip RF probe system was used for all cases.
Pubmed
3
Federal agents started investigating the business after an anonymous tip last year.
The Guardian
4
The refugee figures for Europe are just the tip of the iceberg.
Reuters
5
Wait about 15 minutes, during which time the shadow tip will move.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
1
Fifteen copecks was a liberal gratuity, and twenty bordered on the munificent.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
2
You may tip in cash or add a gratuity to your card.
The Irish Times
3
After paying a small gratuity, they went on to the next shrine.
Buddhism and Buddhists in China
4
With these instructions, and a very small gratuity, the Captain left me.
Barry Lyndon
5
Romney was obliged to be content with a gratuity of twenty-five guineas.
Art in England: Notes and Studies
Usage of cumshaw in English
1
Moira was visible in the near distance; the wattles had swallowed Cumshaw.
The Lost Valley
2
Mr. Cumshaw left the Embassy in an aircar a few minutes later.
Lone Star Planet
3
When he returned to the hut Abel Cumshaw was just getting up.
The Lost Valley
4
He's been out at the ranch with Mr. Cumshaw a lotta times.
Lone Star Planet
5
Nothing had occurred as yet to connect Cumshaw with Mr. Jack Bradby.
The Lost Valley
6
Silk, this Embassy has been pretty badly disorganized since Mr. Cumshaw's death.
Lone Star Planet
7
He opened Cumshaw's shirt and put his hand over the man's heart.
The Lost Valley
8
He failed to understand the natural cheerfulness with which Cumshaw faced the situation.
The Lost Valley
9
Mr. Cumshaw lay still and lifeless under the shadow of the brushwood-covered gully.
The Lost Valley
10
Thereafter Mr. Cumshaw simply disappeared off the face of the earth.
The Lost Valley
11
Cumshaw's mount made the descent in fine style, and the two men followed.
The Lost Valley
12
Mr. Thrombley took the call, and I asked him was Mr. Cumshaw around.
Lone Star Planet
13
Cumshaw was inclined to argue, but the consensus of opinion was against him.
The Lost Valley
14
Mr. Cumshaw stared at him as if he could not believe his ears.
The Lost Valley
15
Maybe Mr. Cumshaw himself said something to someone that gave his destination away.
Lone Star Planet
16
Colonel Hickock, I believe I knew Silas Cumshaw before you did.
Lone Star Planet
Frequent collocations
Cumshaw through the time