See Also: tocher(dictionary)

gag 2, noun (oh) and tocher (iou)


gag 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
informal a joke or funny story
::He told a few gags.
::It was a bit of a running gag (=a joke which is repeated) in the show.
a piece of cloth put over someone's mouth to stop them making a noise

tocher (iou)



tocher noun & verb. Scot. & north. L15.
[Irish tochra, Gaelic tochradh.]
Chiefly Hist.
A. noun. A woman's Marriage portion; a dowry. L15.
Comb.: tocher-band a Marriage settlement; tocher-good property given as tocher or dower.
b. verb trans. Provide with a tocher; dower. L16.
tochered adjective provided with a tocher, dowered (freq. with specifying word) E18.
tocherless adjective L18.