comshaw

Example Sentences

• "I have understood that the parents frequently receive handsome comshaws for their daughter, but never give anything with them ; they cannot therefore be charged with the meanness of marrying for money: at least the men are free from the charge and the women don't appear to have so much as a negative in the business."
• "It is a case of cash down; you have to part there and then, and on the strength of this “comshaw,” or squeeze."
• "They were busy at it when we came up from tiffin; and I took the opportunity of snapshotting one fat old lady with a baby on her back while the sun was out for a moment. She saw me in the act, and immediately demanded a comshaw."
• "He posed himself delightedly, pulling his sword well round to the front, and then demanded ' comshaw.' A cigarette completely satisfied him."
• "I'm sure he just wanted some money - some comshaw - the little kids are beggars - money mister, money mister, no momma, no papa, no comshaw."
• "The practice was so common it was no longer considered stealing. It was comshaw. That kind of thinking made the Iran/Contra arms scandal and Watergate okay at the time. It's comshaw when you do it, but it's stealing when you get caught; it's politics when you do it, but it's illegal when you're found out."