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Tosher vs Tocher - What's the difference?

tosher | tocher |

As nouns the difference between tosher and tocher

is that tosher is (historical|cant) a thief who steals the copper siding from the bottoms of vessels, particularly in or along the thames while tocher is a dowry.

As an adjective tosher

is (tosh).

tosher

English

(wikipedia tosher)

Etymology 1

From 19th century British thieves' cant + (-er) (one who uses or acquires ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical, cant) A thief who steals the copper siding from the bottoms of vessels, particularly in or along the Thames.
  • *1859 , J.C. Hotten, A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words used at the present day, preceded by a history of cant and vulgar language, with glossaries of two secret languages, by a London antiquary
  • *:Toshers , men who steal copper from ships' bottoms in the Thames.
  • A scavenger of valuables lost in the sewers, particularly those of London during the Victorian Age.
  • *1851 , H. Mayhew, London labour and the London poor , II. 150/2
  • *:The sewer-hunters were formerly, and indeed are still, called by the name of ‘Toshers ’, the articles which they pick up in the course of their wanderings along shore being known among themselves by the general term ‘tosh’, a word more particularly applied by them to anything made of copper.
    • Derived terms
    * toshing

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (tosh)

    • Anagrams

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    tocher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dowry.
  • *1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 121:
  • *:And folk were to say […] old Guthrie had been fair spiteful to his sons, maybe Will would dispute his sister's tocher .

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