Cumshaw

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Cumshaw \Cum"shaw\, v. t.
     To give or make a present to.
     [1913 Webster]