A present of some small object, which is called the backsheesh, or gift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Patoff] Reference

I never saw or heard a hint of 'backsheesh', nor did I ever give it, on principle and I was always recognised and invited to come again with the greatest eagerness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters from the Cape] Reference

If you dare speak to one it at once gives him an opening to demand backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference

The principle of backsheesh must be determined by considerations of expediency.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Air of Expectation, Still and Assured] Reference

A few Bedouins, a little backsheesh, some blank cartridges, and, behold — a raid!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nile, Then and Now] Reference

The boys came staring round, bawling after us with their fathers for the inevitable backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo] Reference

Add to this a whining and interminable appeal for backsheesh and you might be very near the mark indeed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference

There was nobody at prayers; only the official beadles, and the supernumerary guides, who came for backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo] Reference

English, and more deviltry than either; who sing "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay," and know how to solicit backsheesh to perfection.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference

As I left the ship, a man pulled after my boat, and asked for backsheesh, which was given him to the amount of about twopence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo] Reference

Also Bin Laden is dead so you should leave anyway – your not paying the warlords backsheesh anymore like the last elections….    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Writer of ABC’s 9/11 ‘Docudrama’ Is Avowed Conservative Activist] Reference

The el Arish children were as friendly and talkative as children all the world over, though one regretted their inveterate habit of demanding backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference

She found that giving backsheesh, or gratuities, to her workers was necessary in order to keep them from smuggling away artifacts from the temple and selling them.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Air of Expectation, Still and Assured] Reference

Withdraw From Afghanistan – all the warlords dont want you there your not paying backsheesh to them anymore – BIn Laden Is dead – wait till next election then goodbye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Former Administration Mouthpiece Falsely Claims Progressives Want Withdrawal From Afghanistan] Reference

On paying him his ten mahboubs I told him there was no backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference

"Only give him a little backsheesh and he'll do anything for you.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea] Reference

It is like a three-tailed Pasha grumbling about an unsatisfactory backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Snobs] Reference

He is wide-awake and obsequious enough, however, at backsheesh-time in the morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference

Tripoli to Ghadames, a present, or backsheesh of two mahboubs, on his behaving well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference

"You probably ask a pound for every year, and a backsheesh for the odd months," said the other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Patoff] Reference

It is not a very hard smile to interpret, however, and I present him with the customary backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference

"I will give you ten pounds for it, if you will give me a good backsheesh," said Gregorios at last.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Patoff] Reference

Told him to get up his camels and prepare for our departure, and then I would give him another backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference

My little backsheesh was, perhaps, of the value of ten dollars, and was the largest present I had yet made.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference

The Desert-Born, we say, should be happy and grateful to see such sights, and not demand so much "backsheesh.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Ziska] Reference

Rhona, however, instead of joining Videy in the prayer for backsheesh, ran down the path in the footsteps of Sinfi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aylwin] Reference

Now and then a customer gives the barber a trifling coin by way of backsheesh, but the great majority give nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama] Reference

The Giant therefore came to demand backsheesh, as being the lineal successor of Berka, who was Haj Ibrahim's protector.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference

He had the Somali's love of a rupee, and there was no danger or hardship that he would not undergo in the hope of backsheesh.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country] Reference

What an honor to think that I am to be elevated to the throne, and to bring the seat in Parliament as backsheesh to the sultan!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy] Reference

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!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Pendennis] Reference

It is the African custom to backsheesh everybody when a lion is killed, so consequently the Somalis were always looking for lions.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country] Reference