Backsheesh

created by Webster 1913

(idea) by StrawberryFrog (11 s) (print) ? I like it! Sun Nov 19 2000 at 19:06:28

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:01:28

Back"sheesh`, Back"shish` (?), n. [Pers. bakhshish, fr. bakhshidan to give.]

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

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