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Meaning of CUMSHAW

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Cum"shaw\ (k?m"sha), n. [Chin. kom-tsie.]
    A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on
    ships which entered the port of Canton. -- S. Wells Williams.
    
  2. \Cum"shaw\, v. t.
    To give or make a present to.
    
 
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