DCHP-1 Online
cultus potlatch 
a gift for which nothing is expected in return, especially one of little value.
See also: potlatch ((n.)) (def. 1)
- 1862 All that is expected being that you should give them a "cultus-patalatch" (literally, a useless present).
- 1894 In answer to the Bench it was admitted that the whisky was a "cultus potlatch" on the part of the prisoner.
- 1937 A cultus potlatch is a little gift, too small to mention. . . .
- 1940 At Christmas-time Chief Gregior would come and receive . . . tobacco as a cultus potlatch.
- 1862 All that is expected being that you should give them a "cultus-patalatch" (literally, a useless present).