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cumshaw

cumshaw is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams.
  2. 2.To give or make a present to.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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