We were met in a friendly way by the man in charge of the telegraph posts of the district; and several Bedouins, attracted either by curiosity or the hope of a "backshish" in some shape or other, came and seated themselves around us in picturesque groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria] Reference

"backshish" in the event of success, but I got no trustworthy news, "and that was the end of that hunting.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference

Bedouins, who applied to us for the customary backshish.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria] Reference

The Muezzin, anxious for his backshish, made no scruple; and now some.    From Wordnik.com.  [Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.] Reference

The obnoxious man now hastily descended from his seat and demanded a backshish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

There is nothing that they will not do to annoy you in every possible way, to extort backshish from you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

There is nothing like backshish in Persia to heal all wounds, whether real or otherwise, and he duly received an extra handsome one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

At last they pointed out a good place for an encampment, receiving in return a trifling backshish, collected from the whole caravan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Ida Pfeiffer]

"We will escort you, for you are our friend, and if we lead you safely out of the mountains, maybe, sahib, you will give us backshish.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

This, of course, involved endless backshish, but had to be put up with, as it is one of the perquisites of the guards stationed at the various stages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

A tom-tom is further used as the excitement flags; but at last physical force can do no more, and they are obliged to stop, and then comes the demand for backshish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference

Page 700 gives inexact information, and negroes, with persistent demand for backshish, follow the unfortunate Northerner and clutch his carpet-bag, despite his efforts to retain it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland] Reference

I gave a handsome backshish to the four men who had brought the provisions, but that did not prevent all the Shokas declaring that the danger was so great that they must leave me there and then.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Forbidden Land] Reference

In the middle of the night we parted on the summit of the pass, and I gave them a good backshish -- not so much for the service they had rendered me as for relieving for a few hours the monotony of the journey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

The constant passing of passengers and tourists makes the boys and hangers-on at this station a set of most impudent beggars; they are always on the look-out for backshish, and keep putting their heads in at the carriage window, shouting for something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference

The coachman is the cause of a good deal of anxiety, for on the chance of a handsome backshish he has indulged in copious advance libations of rum or votka, or both, the vapours of which are blown by the wind into my face each time that he turns round and breathes or speaks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

The prospects of a backshish, the entreaties and prayers being of no avail, Sadek flies into a fury, rushes to the yard, seizes the horses and harness, gives the coachman a hammering (and the post master very nearly another), and so we are able to start peacefully again at three a.m., and leave Chah-herizek behind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

Eight powerful men rowed with all their might at the prospect of a good backshish; and we sped along at a good pace on the placid waters of the lagoon, in big stretches of open water, now skirting small islands, occasionally through narrow canals, the banks of which were covered with high reeds and heavy, tropical, confused, untidy vegetation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

It is in this way that the trade is retained in the hands of a few Greeks, who naturally put every obstacle in the way of the foreigner, whose sole remedy is at last found to be the payment of the universal 'backshish,' to the comptroller of customs. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference

We went on shore when the rain showed signs of ceasing, and after buying a few odds and ends, such as a pith hat and some cigarettes, we betook ourselves to the principal hotel, where an excessively bad breakfast was served to us, after which we were not sorry to shake the mud of Aden off our feet, so we chartered a shore boat amid a fearful clamour for extra pay and backshish, and set forth to rejoin our ship, now swept and garnished, and showing little trace of the coal she had swallowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference

He must have backshish!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

A chance), with your luggage being mercilessly dragged in the mud, with everybody demanding backshish on all sides, tapping you on the shoulder or pulling your coat, -- thus one lands in real Persia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference