Cumshaw - Bonus, Tip, Extra
Cumshaw is from a word that means “grateful thanks” in the dialect of Xiamen, a port in southeast China.
Apparently, sailors heard it from the beggars who hung around the ports, and mistook it as the word for a handout.
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sounds a bit like a naughty word
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Are you sure it isn`t come a shore Bretrick
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I’d be rather careful how you use your new word Bretrick…
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Certainly is a strange word.
I doubt I will ever use the word in general conversation.
It also means tips or gratuities.
Im going to cumulatively save my cumshaw to buy cumquats.
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Blimey!
I wouldn’t want to try saying that after a few drinks Liz!
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I’d be laughing my tush off, no doubt
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You can’t be too careful with your ‘Tush’ Liz…
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I’m just glad my name is’nt Shaw. I can just imagine one’s lady friend, shouting out that word, when one is grappling with doing the bizzo!
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So you say!
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Absolutely
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