Even then he had the impudence to ask me for a "cumshaw" (tip), and in order that he might not lose face among the little crowd which had collected at the outer gateway, he only laughed as he rubbed his head and listened to a tremendous dressing-down delivered by the three of us. From Wordnik.com. [A Tour in Mongolia] Reference
"The good doctor is in it strictly for the old cumshaw.". From Wordnik.com. [Tek Lab]
The concessionaires pay their fare and squeeze whatever cumshaw they can out of the women themselves and the miners or ranchers to whom their contracts are assigned. From Wordnik.com. [Podkayne Of Mars]
This the mafoo does with great pleasure, as, apart from the keen interest he takes in racing -- all Chinese being inveterate gamblers -- it is an understood thing that he will receive a good cumshaw from his master for each race that his stable wins. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Two centuries of survival had taught him that a bribe must be offered as gently and as indirectly as a gallant suggestion is made to a proud lady; in a very few minutes he came to the glum conclusion that civic virtue and public honesty could be run into the ground-the functionaries at Goddard Field seemed utterly innocent of the very notion of cumshaw, squeeze, or the lubricating effect of money in routine transactions. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
"Present for Missy; cumshaw," says the pleasant voice, and what can you do?. From Wordnik.com. [Peking Dust] Reference
"Amelican lady you say down-stair, she buy heap pearls, so I bring Missy cumshaw.". From Wordnik.com. [Peking Dust] Reference
"I never heard her ask for any cumshaw that weighed less than a ton and which required fewer than a dozen enlisted men and two trucks to move.". From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
"No need cumshaw my," he murmured. From Wordnik.com. [Triple Spies] Reference
"You no got cumshaw, money?" he grinned. From Wordnik.com. [Triple Spies] Reference
I pay him off once a quarter, cumshaw additional. From Wordnik.com. [Between Planets]
\tab "So I sat there till my tailbone wore through the cobblestones, recounting everything from Grimm's fairy tales to, Shakespeare's plays, and not letting my wife spend money on anything but food until we saved enough to buy that work permit plus the customary cumshaw. From Wordnik.com. [Time Enough For Love]
"No cumshaw. From Wordnik.com. [Podkayne Of Mars]
Come bring Missy cumshaw. ". From Wordnik.com. [Peking Dust] Reference
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