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词组 cum shaw
释义 cum shaw
noun
anything procured through other than legitimate channels UK, 1925
From the Chinese for a “present” or “bonus,” originally applied to a payment made by ships entering the port of Canton.
  • Belmonte was the Vance’s acknowledged “cum shaw” expert, the man (there is one on every ship) who does the semilegal horse trading for items the ship wants and cannot obtain through regular supply channels. — Neil Sheehan, The Arnheiter Affair, p. 61, 1971
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