An amount paid by the parents of a bride to the groom and or his family.
Sinônimos
Examples for "dowry"
Examples for "dowry"
1In the meanwhile, the servants had carried the dowry to the wagon.
2But my father promised he'd make sure my dowry was well protected.
3With her dowry William expanded his business and acquired a second shop.
4On the condition that I-thatI fix the amount of the dowry.
5For those reasons, he is prepared to overlook your lack of dowry.
1He talked about the trousseau and how much admired Rose is everywhere.
2The trousseau of a young beauty became as important as her dowry.
3Myra's trousseau had been so simple as scarcely to deserve the name.
4Anne's salary had helped a great deal in getting the trousseau together.
5Little by little the trousseau had been prepared, and was all ready.
1And as soon as they gat the tocher, he's off wi' the lassie.
2And she has nae tocher or as good as nane.
3Heard ye ever the like of a tocher, man?
4I dinna mind the leddy's name; but there's tocher wi' lass o' his I'll warrant.
5Wi' havins and tocher sae sma'!
6The cruel man threw her away from him, just as if her tocher had been the weight of herself in copper, instead of gold.
7Marry, her affection is something of a tenacious character, and would be loth to unloose its hold, either upon the wench or her tocher.
8Now, had you a tocher like that, it would be a gey business, I think,-fourteenpotato-stonesat the very least, I would say, eh?
9At the age of 23 he married his first wife, Barbara Montgomerie, an Irvine lass, with a "tocher" of 250L.
10I wonder whar their tochers are to come frae?
11The cluster analyses were based on the unweighted pair-group method using arithmetic averages and Tocher method.
12Community Development worker Naomi Tocher met with these women to hear what they needed most to help with refugee resettlement.
13Olivia 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."
16And as soon as they gat the tocher, he's off wi' the lassie.