Associations to the word «Cumshaw»

Wiktionary

CUMSHAW, noun. A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
CUMSHAW, verb. To give or make a present to.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky