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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UNTOCHERED, ppl.adj. Without a dowry. See Tocher, v.Sc. 1823 Byron Don Juan xi. xlix. note:
The ‘untochered' but ‘pretty virginities'.Rnf. 1850 A. M'Gilvray Poems 65:
Marry poor, untochered lasses.Dmf. 1877 R. W. Thom Jock o' the Knowe 21:
A young, blithe, brisk, untochered bride.