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WordWealth: cumshaw ... It was probably British Navy personnel who first picked up "cumshaw" in Chinese ports, during the First Opium War of 1839–42. "Cumshaw" is from a word that means "grateful thanks" in the dialect of Xiamen, a port in southeast China.
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cumshaw n. A tip; a gratuity. [Pidgin English, from Chinese (Amoy) gamsia , an expression of ... "An additional bit of cumshaw came on foreign press trips, in the old days at least, when the travel office people enabled the returning correspondents to bypass customs formalities." — Richard Dudman, Connections, St.
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Cum Shaw, Inc. and Personalized Classics started business in the early 1980's. It was a very humble beginning for the Kley family, printing shirts in the basement. ... As time went by, ... In 1996, George and son Kirk Kley decided to expand their Screen Printing capabilities to include a 14,000 square foot facility in Petersburg,
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Definition of cumshaw from Webster's New World College Dictionary. Meaning of cumshaw. Pronunciation of cumshaw. Definition of the word cumshaw. Origin of the word cumshaw. ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World College Dictionary » cumshaw...
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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...
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Cumshaw derives from the Chinese kam sia (grateful) and entered U.S. naval argot during the 19th century when ships calling at Canton began swapping rum and ratguards for labor and litchi nuts.
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Definition of cumshaw in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of cumshaw. Pronunciation of cumshaw. Translations of cumshaw. cumshaw synonyms, cumshaw antonyms. Information about cumshaw in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... [Pidgin English, from Chinese (Amoy) gamsia, an expression of thanks.]
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January 2005 Topics; CSI Effect, Cumshaw, Thermochromic Ink, and Leucodye Ink; ... Cumshaw (Kumshaw, Comshaw); A southeast Asian term for a bribe or a material favor given in return for service. Cumshaw was derived from the Chinese phrase “gamsia” in the Amoy (Xiamen) dialect. Beggars in seaports said it as...
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So, a cumshaw is derived from the Chinese and is defined by the OED as a baksheesh, which is a Persian word. Great. But it means "a present or gratuity." Really, it is a bribe. Let's speak plainly.
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