Definition of "backshish" [backshish]

• Alternative spelling of baksheesh. (noun)

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• "We were met in a friendly way by the man in charge of the telegraph posts of the district; and several Bedouins, attracted either by curiosity or the hope of a "backshish" in some shape or other, came and seated themselves around us in picturesque groups."
• ""backshish" in the event of success, but I got no trustworthy news, "and that was the end of that hunting.""
• "Abdullah would roll his eyes, look at me, and then burst out laughing, knowing that Grandmaman would give him a backshish at the end of the day for all his pains."