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Definition of Cumshaw

Cumshaw
Cumshaw Cum"shaw (k?m"sha), n. [Chin. kom-tsie.] A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. -- S. Wells Williams.
Cumshaw
Cumshaw Cum"shaw, v. t. To give or make a present to.

Meaning of Cumshaw from wikipedia

- history of French sinology. via the maritime trade route, e.g. tea, Amoy, ****shaw etc. Heavily influenced by the Min Nan Amoy dialect in southern seaports...
- American Canadian TV series.... T.C. Doyle (1 episode, 1999) - Code Name: ****shaw (1999) TV episode .... T.C. Doyle Undercurrent (1999) .... Illiana Vasquez...
- District. The English words "Amoy", "tea" (Chinese: 茶; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê), "****shaw" (感謝; kám-siā), "pekoe" (白毫; pe̍h-hô), kowtow (磕頭; khàu-thâu), and "ketchup"...
- (Tear Gas), a white solid powder commonly used for CBRN defense training. ****shawSomething extra or free, given as a favor or gift; pidgin expression...
- Safran Molly Glenmore February 13, 1999 (1999-02-13) 212 38 16 "Code Name: ****shaw" Brianne Murphy Henry Ackerman February 20, 1999 (1999-02-20) 211 39 17...
- New Texas. The position is open because the previous amb****ador, Silas ****shaw, was ********inated. On the starship taking him to his new posting Silk meets...
- was made up of four 3" AA guns and called the "Seabee battery". "****shaw" ("****shaw definition". Merrian Webster.) "moonlight procurement", Rogers, J...
- these gifts had become an empty formality. Partly because of the Hoppo's "****shaw", that is, the informal payments he solicited, the costs of entering and...