Definition of "buckshee" []

• Something extra or left over that is obtained free. (noun)
• An extra ration. (noun)
• Free of charge; gratis: "If they deposit these shares, too, in the scheme, they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis” ( Economist). (adjective)
• Unsolicited; gratuitous: "The title was a bit of buckshee deceit, and had little to do with the plot” ( Financial Times). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Three-quarters of a bottle and a "buckshee" drink was the ration, and this obtained, men felt more fit for their labours."
• "Brigade sent us some "buckshee" camels at the eleventh hour, or at worst we got permission to send some stuff by train, when it could be delivered in due course somewhere within reach."
• "However, two days 'soft sawdering with a plentiful supply of hill "buckshee," (spirits,) made them more communicative; and they at last informed me, if I would promise only to remain a week, they would show me the wild sheep."