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Definition of Backsheesh

Backsheesh
Backsheesh Back"sheesh`, Backshish Back"shish`, n. [Pers. bakhsh[=i]sh, fr. bakhsh[=i]dan to give.] In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a ``tip'.

Meaning of Backsheesh from wikipedia

- Baksheesh (from Persian: بخشش bakhshesh) is tipping, charitable giving, and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South...
- Far East (1880) How to Travel (1881) The Story Teller of the Desert—"Backsheesh!" (1885) Horse Stories, and Stories of Other Animals (1890) The Land of...
- colloquially baksis (from Persian: بخشش bakhshesh), often written in English as backsheesh. Tipping is widespread in Hungary; the degree of expectation and the expected...
-  Storbritannien: Liverpool University Press. 104 Knox, T. W. (1875). Backsheesh! Or Life and Adventures in the Orient. USA: A. D. Worthington & Col. 290-292...
- sunny – the porters started refusing to go on, even after being offered backsheesh. At Urdukas 120 porters turned back and the others halted – next morning...
- enough to return to action and continued the use of terms such as "bint", "backsheesh" for money, "shoofti" for a look around (borrowed via British slang from...