bakshish,
- a variation of baksheesh.
Example Sentences
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The peons, grinning as before, answered: "The Babu-Sahib went to see the Magistrate—so we have come for bakshish."
From The Hungry Stones and Other Stories by Tagore, Rabindranath
Could we get him away with bakshish, Abdul?”
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert
It is quite an ordinary occurrence for the Ansar to relate dreams flattering to the Khalifa, in the hope of getting some bakshish.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by Wingate, F. R.
I gave him all the money in my possession, Rs. 9-8-5—nine rupees eight annas and five pie— for I always keep small change as bakshish when I am in camp.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
My husband said he would pay for the twenty days and they would thus have thirty dollars as bakshish.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
