Meanings of receive a present in English

To receive a present from a Congo chief is thus a very expensive honour.

We're decided that whoever gets the best answer shall receive a present from the rest.

Does it satisfy you to receive a present of the carcass of that coarse fop?

Could you receive a present from a foreign government?

He would rather "ketch dat 'ar gig" for five dollars than receive a present of ten.

You see, therefore, that it is possible for a man to receive a present by accepting what is his own.

Every birthday, rather than receive a present, he'd ask me to come to his flat and take something of his away.

Senator North might naturally feel surprise to receive a present from a young woman with whom he had talked exactly six minutes.

Others guessed he had an itching palm, and that he was hoping to receive a present for his "sacred advice."

Jim Holcroft can't get married and his bride not receive a present from me, and he put ten dollars in her hand.

Already his own men declared that he was neglecting razzias because he was to receive a present from me if we reached Unyoro.

If you see a particularly handsome snuff-box in Paris, remember-thoughyour father scorns Testimonials-hedoesn't object to receive a present from his son.

They repeat their visit the next day, and if they do not receive a present from you, they address you in the following manner.

At last it came to my turn to receive a present-oddlyenough, considered in the light of future events, it was a large monkey.

If, when dressing, one puts on any of his clothing wrong side out, it is a sign that he will soon receive a present.

The intelligent king, M'tese, should receive a present from our government, as a reward for having exerted himself to assist an English consul in distress.