Taisir when he met us, on the minute asked for bakhshish, saying he had been ill when we parted and had had none though we had sent it to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Arabia] Reference

He was as good as his word and when they were to part he cried, “And now for thy bakhshish!” which consisted of a volley of fifty, greatly to the delight of the boys.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

In addition, Mr. Karzai's recent Iranian attaboy-gratitude or bakhshish for his stance against Obama administration's pressure to fight corruption in his government will not help in his efforts to secure Pashtun support.    From Wordnik.com.  [Khalil Nouri: Afghanistan: Last Tango in Lisbon] Reference

A doctor visits a patient gratis — the patient or his servant will ask for a bakhshish (largesse); you employ, pay, clothe, and feed a child — the father will demand his bakhshish; you may save the life of an Arab, at the risk of your own, and he will certainly claim a bakhshish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference

And they were satisfied with a very moderate bakhshish at parting.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference

When at home in the Red House (Mr. Hewett's) the hammock men came complaining of my deserting them, and begging bakhshish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference

One of them is that horror of travelers - "Bakhshísh" pron. bakh-sheesh and shortened to shísh from the Pers. "bakhshish.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

A huge heap of myrrh, two trays of massive gold rings, and a pile of elephant-tusks are brought by Parihu, probably as a farewell bakhshish to the envoy himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference

He was as good as his word and when they were to part he cried, "And now for thy bakhshish!" which consisted of a volley of fifty, greatly to the delight of the boys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

To horse again, with a greater crowd than ever! more beggars, more lootees or mountebanks with their bears and monkeys, more dervishes vociferating for inām or bakhshish, heaping praises and blessings without measure on Alā Hezret.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference

The Arabs, tempted perhaps by a princely bakhshish, revealed the secret of the hidden cases; whereupon the Archduke swept off the whole fourteen, despatched them to Alexandria, and immediately shipped them for Trieste. 5 "Quant au coupable," says M.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference

When at home in the Red House (Mr. Hewett’s) the hammock men came complaining of my deserting them, and begging bakhshish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference

This bakhshish, in fact, is a sort of alms or tribute, which the poor Arab believes himself entitled to claim from every respectable-looking person.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference

(bakhshish) from travellers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference

“bakhshish.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference