- tocher
- noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) tochir, from Scottish Gaelic tochar Date: 15th century chiefly Scottish 1. dowry 2 2. dowry 3
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Tocher — Toch er, n. [Gael. tochradh.] Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. [Scot.] Burns. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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