cherry-merry

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Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

cherry-merry (uncountable)

  1. (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?"

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References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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