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Meanings of tocher in English
Synonyms
Examples for "dowry"
Examples for "dowry"
1
In the meanwhile, the servants had carried the dowry to the wagon.
2
But my father promised he'd make sure my dowry was well protected.
3
With her dowry William expanded his business and acquired a second shop.
4
On the condition that I-thatI fix the amount of the dowry.
5
For those reasons, he is prepared to overlook your lack of dowry.
1
He talked about the trousseau and how much admired Rose is everywhere.
2
The trousseau of a young beauty became as important as her dowry.
3
Myra's trousseau had been so simple as scarcely to deserve the name.
4
Anne's salary had helped a great deal in getting the trousseau together.
5
Little by little the trousseau had been prepared, and was all ready.
Usage of tocher in English
1
And as soon as they gat the tocher, he's off wi' the lassie.
2
And she has nae tocher or as good as nane.
3
Heard ye ever the like of a tocher, man?
4
I dinna mind the leddy's name; but there's tocher wi' lass o' his I'll warrant.
5
Wi' havins and tocher sae sma'!
6
The cruel man threw her away from him, just as if her tocher had been the weight of herself in copper, instead of gold.
7
Marry, her affection is something of a tenacious character, and would be loth to unloose its hold, either upon the wench or her tocher.
8
Now, had you a tocher like that, it would be a gey business, I think,-fourteenpotato-stonesat the very least, I would say, eh?
9
At the age of 23 he married his first wife, Barbara Montgomerie, an Irvine lass, with a "tocher" of 250L.
10
I wonder whar their tochers are to come frae?
11
The cluster analyses were based on the unweighted pair-group method using arithmetic averages and Tocher method.
12
Community Development worker Naomi Tocher met with these women to hear what they needed most to help with refugee resettlement.
13
Olivia Tocher is an Auckland teenager who, after years struggling with dyslexia and ADD, has moved to Vancouver to attend an Arrowsmith school.
14
"A tocher should not be all on one side," said he, "and I know the gentleman would be glad to have you--
15
"He's willin' to take you with him, Nelly, and he shows his good blood when he holds that a Carnegie needs no tocher."
16
And as soon as they gat the tocher, he's off wi' the lassie.