cumshaw

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"You no got cumshaw, money?"

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  • "I never heard her ask for any cumshaw that weighed less than a ton and which required fewer than a dozen enlisted men and two trucks to move." —  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
  • In very many cases they do not even know how to mount, but finding ponies so cheap, or, better still, getting a discarded racer as a cumshaw, they take to riding as naturally as if to the manner born, so that there are but few residents of either sex who cannot ride, and China ponies consequently hold a place in the estimation of foreigners which is altogether denied them by the natives From hacking to racing is but a step. —  Life and sport in China Second Edition
  • "You no got cumshaw, money?" —  Triple Spies
  • Come bring Missy cumshaw. " —  Peking Dust
  • "Present for Missy; cumshaw," says the pleasant voice, and what can you do? —  Peking Dust
 

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  1. Pidgin English, from Chinese (Amoy) gamsia, an expression of thanks.
 

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/ˈkumʃɔ/
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