Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Backshish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Backsheesh \Back"sheesh`\, Backshish \Back"shish`\, n. [Pers.
bakhsh[=i]sh, fr. bakhsh[=i]dan to give.]
In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a ``tip''.
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