Bretrick learnt a new word today

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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 :grinning:

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I’d be rather careful how you use your new word Bretrick…

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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:rofl::rofl::sweat_smile::laughing::grin:

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Certainly is a strange word. :slightly_smiling_face:

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I doubt I will ever use the word in general conversation. :grinning:

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It also means tips or gratuities.
Im going to cumulatively save my cumshaw to buy cumquats.

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:grin: :laughing: :smile: :smiley:

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Blimey!
I wouldn’t want to try saying that after a few drinks Liz! :astonished: :beers:

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I’d be laughing my tush off, no doubt :rofl:

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You can’t be too careful with your ‘Tush’ Liz…
:sunglasses:

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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! :hot_face:

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So you say! :wink:

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Absolutely

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