Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large present, in place of customs-duty, demanded by the kings and chiefs on the Bonny and other west African rivers from supercargoes of ships, for permission to trade with the natives.
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There were coomie liberal laws in place to prevent such things.
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