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Webster 1913 Edition
Cumshaw
Cum′shaw
(k?m′sha)
, Noun.
[Chin.
kom-tsie
.] A present or bonus; – originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.
S. Wells Williams.
Cum′shaw
,Verb.
T.
To give or make a present to.
Definition 2024
cumshaw
cumshaw
English
Noun
cumshaw (plural cumshaws)
Translations
Verb
cumshaw (third-person singular simple present cumshaws, present participle cumshawing, simple past and past participle cumshawed)
- To give or make a present to.