使つかい賃ちん

noun

messenger fee; tip for a messenger

A small payment or tip given to a messenger or errand runner for their service. Somewhat old-fashioned; modern equivalents include チップ or お駄賃.

• 使つかいに来きてくれた子こに使つかい賃ちんを渡わたした。

  I gave a tip to the child who came on the errand.

• 昔むかしは使つかい賃ちんとして小こ銭ぜにをあげたものだ。

  In the old days, people used to give small change as a messenger's tip.