backsheesh

/ ˈbækʃiːʃ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of baksheesh

Example Sentences

A little backsheesh goes a long distance; a raised and commanding voice when needed does as well.

From Washington Times

Some of these, like the payment of fifteen million dollars to the Suez Canal Company, were just enough; but there was also an enormous sum given in backsheesh to Turkey to gain the consent of the Porte to a proposed change in the line of succession and the establishment of the rule of primogeniture.

From Project Gutenberg

Our charioteer, excited by the promise of a liberal backsheesh if he should get us into Dehra Doon before nightfall, drove at full speed.

From Project Gutenberg

This was duly signed and sealed, and the money paid on the spot, with promise of liberal backsheesh at the end if the agreement was satisfactorily performed.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the curtain of my couch was gently drawn aside, a black head was thrust in, and a voice whispered in the softest of tones "Sahib, backsheesh!"

From Project Gutenberg