baksheesh

How To Use baksheesh In A Sentence

• An extravagant amount of baksheesh removed any doubts they may have had, nor would they be inclined to question the command of an effendi. LION IN THE VALLEY
• Someone mentioned it might as well have been an afghani election given the amount of baksheesh that changed hands allegedly. Cheeseburger Gothic » Spam trap count
• If this makes you uneasy, think about distributing a little preemptive baksheesh as a goodwill gesture.
• He baksheeshed the homeless.
• I delighted the heart of the bimbashi by a baksheesh of half a napoleon, which so astonished him that he hardly knew how to express himself, after all his bitter words and unkind intentions. The Autobiography of a Journalist
• In the old days the uncertainty provided a lucrative source of supplemental income for town-hall bureaucrats who would tip you the wink for a little discreet baksheesh.
• Since the average baksheesh for foreigners is between 10 and 20 leva, I am well ahead of the game.
• Elders make an income by taxi driving and baksheesh from tomb guardianship.
• By the time we finished, a small group of children had gathered around our car and they called out in Arabic, ‘baksheesh! baksheesh!’
• If the original finder was a local man-a man who once worked for me-old loyalties or higher baksheesh might induce him to seek me out. LORD OF THE SILENT