Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bakshish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
backsheesh .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
baksheesh .
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Examples
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'Whin all was in the house again, I niver asked for _bukshish_ but dhruv tremenjus in the opp'site way from the other carr'ge an' put out my lights.
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"Whin all was in the house again, I niver asked for _bukshish_ but dhruv tremenjus in the opp'site way from the other carr'ge an 'put out my lights.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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