English Dictionary

baksheesh

/bækˈʃiːʃ/

noun

in the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe: a bribe or tip. / (military slang) A minor wound that is severe enough to get a soldier sent away from the front.

I gave him some baksheesh for his help.

意味（1）

in the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe: a bribe or tip.

What an honour to think that I am to be elevated to the throne, and to bring the seat in Parliament as backsheesh to the sultan!

意味（2）

(military slang) A minor wound that is severe enough to get a soldier sent away from the front.

When we had made the boys as comfortable as possible and given them fags, of which our Padre seemed to have an inexhaustable supply, they were quite cheerful, and joked about “backsheesh” wounds.