How To Use backsheesh In A Sentence
- 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! The History of Pendennis
- At Calais, Nakamura, who seemed to speak every language under the sun, took charge of my baggage as well as his own, and by some mysterious process, probably not altogether unconnected with "backsheesh," managed to clear the whole through the Customs in about five minutes. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War
- backsheesh" (money), the mosques with their elegant minarets, and then the Pasha's new palace, the interior of which is most gorgeous. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1
- Chinese basketmaker, who dwelt almost next door, spoke neither English nor Hindustani, but showed an easy comprehension of her promise of backsheesh when he should return with an answer. Hilda A Story of Calcutta
- There is this in common, in all the procession of Mayers through the ages, that their outward equipment has always sought some little bit of promise of greenery from nature's springtide, and rather a large piece of the human nature which runs to seed in the oriental "backsheesh" -- a picturesque combination of blessing and begging. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King
- Should he refuse to pay the necessary "backsheesh" or present to the tax-collectors, some false charge is trumped up against him, and he is thrown into prison. In the Heart of Africa
- Now soldiers without number, gladly risking death, had deserted from the army of the Khedive; they had bought themselves out with enormous backsheesh, they had been thieves, murderers, panderers, that they might be freed from service by some corrupt pasha or bimbashi; but no one in the knowledge of the world had ever been expelled from the army of the Khedive. The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
- The son of the Chinese basketmaker, who dwelt almost next door, spoke neither English nor Hindustani, but showed an easy comprehension of her promise of backsheesh when he should return with an answer. The Path of a Star
- The boys came up on the promenade deck, clustering close to the rail and worshiping Miss Caruthers who had flung them such a wealth of backsheesh. Under the Deck Awnings
- A few Bedouins, a little backsheesh, some blank cartridges, and, behold — a raid! The Nile, Then and Now
