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单词 tocherless
释义

tocherlessadj.

Etymology: See -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtocherless.
Scottish.
Having no tocher or portion, portionless.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [adjective] > of or relating to dowry > possessing a dowry > not
dowerless1608
unportioned1661
portionless1694
tocherless1790
undowered1803
untochered1823
dowryless1925
1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 76 Wha bids the maist, is sure to win the prize, While she that's tocherless, neglected dies.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 147 I wasna sae tocherless but what I had a bit land at my breast-lace.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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