cherry-merry
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
- (Anglo-Indian, obsolete) A present of money.
- 1858, Michael Rafter, The Rifleman, page 232:
- "That not proper business," said Croke Sahib. "What for I give cherry-merry?"
Derived terms edit
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary