backsheesh
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Boy don't want backsheesh, donkey want backsheesh, donkey eat hay while man in tombs."
From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Jacob, Robert Urie
Additional backsheesh was also awarded to the custodian of the shrine to pacify his wounded sensibilities.
From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray
“Only give him a little backsheesh and he’ll do anything for you.”
From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by Overend, William Heysham
I bought a few strings of beads, and for days, whenever I touched them, each one seemed to cry aloud: backsheesh! backsheesh!
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora
The chief got his backsheesh and the whole troop departed.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
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