英语词汇cumshaw的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cumshaw
词源	cumshaw. Cumshaw, for “a tip or gratuity,” came into the lan- guage early in the 19th century from the Chinese Amoy dialect. The Chinese words it derives from were a traditional beggar’s phrase that has a literal meaning of “grateful thanks.”
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