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[Noun] | "cum*shaw" | \ ˈkəm-ˌshȯ \
1: present, gratuity; also : bribe, payoff
Origin: 1839 ;
Chinese (Xiamen) kam siā grateful thanks;
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(2) - { cumshaw } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "cumshaw"
1: something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed;
* e.g., " ... the clerk at Calcutta airport was clearly angling for a little cumshaw on the side "
Synonyms :
perk,
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2: something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision;
* e.g., " ... the captain slipped the customs official his customary cumshaw at the Port of Shanghai "
Synonyms :
fix,
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[ "cumshaw" ]
1: "Cumshaw": In the Coast Guard, at least (this may be an incident of perpetual under-funding), the commonest definition of "cumshaw" verb is pretty much identical to your first definition of "scrounge" verb. To cumshaw is to get by irregular means--exchanging favors, calling in debts, cutting corners with procurement--what an individual Coastie, a group, a cutter, or the like should be able to get by regular ones.
* e.g., ... The Chief cumshawed a spare prop for the 41-footer.
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[ "cumshaw" ]
1: International seagoing term for petty graft or secret commissions.
* e.g., ... He's a real cumshaw artist. Got all this for a pack of butts.
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