backsheesh

Historical Examples

• All he needs is a "pull" with some of these Orientals, and they are here for the most part for the "backsheesh."

  Against Odds

  Lawrence L. Lynch

• "You probably ask a pound for every year, and a backsheesh for the odd months," said the other.

  Paul Patoff

  F. Marion Crawford

• In the evening I summoned the Yarkandi to receive 'backsheesh.'

  The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains

  Augustus Henry Irby

• There is no clamouring for backsheesh as in other Oriental countries.

  The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe

  Ernest Young

• There is no precedent for one in office to withhold his hand from profit and backsheesh.

  The Weavers, Complete

  Gilbert Parker