Bretrick
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Cumshaw - Bonus, Tip, Extra
Cumshaw is from a word that means "grateful thanks" in the dialect of Xiamen, a port in southeast China.
Apparently, sailors heard it from the beggars who hung around the ports, and mistook it as the word for a handout.
Cumshaw is from a word that means "grateful thanks" in the dialect of Xiamen, a port in southeast China.
Apparently, sailors heard it from the beggars who hung around the ports, and mistook it as the word for a handout.