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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BACKSHEESH; BACKSHISH

Back "sheesh `, Back "shish `, n. Etym: [Pers. bakhshish, fr. bakhshidan to give. ]

 

Defn: In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip ".

 

Oxford Dictionary

backsheesh

back |sheesh ▶noun variant spelling of baksheesh.