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Definition of Cumshaw
1. n. A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.
2. v. t. To give or make a present to.
Definition of Cumshaw
1. Noun. A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service ¹
2. Verb. To give or make a present to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cumshaw
1. a gift [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumshaw
Literary usage of Cumshaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches in and Around Shanghai Etc by John D. Clark (1894)
"cumshaw, captain," he shouted over and over again till he had actually convinced
himself that he was to get it ; " hap dallah ..."
2. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1908)
"The wages at the factory and the cumshaw to servants and coolies was $11. ...
Everywhere the cumshaw prevailed at all seasons. When Mr. Bowers took leave at ..."
3. Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat: In the U. S by Edmund Roberts (1837)
"Those vessels that enter the port, laden only with rice, are not required to pay
the measurement-duty and cumshaw, but they irs liable to other irregular ..."
4. A Cyclopaedia of Commerce, Mercantile Law, Finance, Commercial Geography by William Waterston (1863)
"... making the on small vessel» (the cumshaw being the samo value of tho tael of
dollar silver about £». UKI. on all), joined to the contraband nature of ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"cisco would enjoy cholera every season) interfered with my movements, though many
asked for cumshaw. I struck a house about four stories high full of ..."
6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1839)
"The port charges consist of measurement duty, cumshaw, pilotage, ... unvarying
criterion for measurement duties; but, for all ships, the cumshaw, pilotage, ..."
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