"Bakshish" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... say anything.... Your question shows that you don't know our Swami yet," laughed the Babu. "He simply jumped to his feet, and, uprooting the first sacred reed on his way, gave such a lively European bakshish (thrashing) to the pious puja-makers, that they instantly took to their heels. The Swami ran after them for a whole mile, giving it hot to everyone in his way. He is wonderfully strong is our Swami, and no friend to useless talk, I ...
— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan • Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
... his former journey up the country had taught him how to expedite his reception, and a judicious application of baksheesh caused him to be introduced to the great ...
— For Fortune and Glory - A Story of the Soudan War • Lewis Hough
... declares, their sordid character, so the Gipsy, whose life is precarious, and who depends upon chance for his daily bread, replies to "Sarishan!" (good day!) with "Kushto bak!" or "Good luck to you!" The Arabic "Baksheesh" is from the same ...
— The English Gipsies and Their Language • Charles G. Leland
... agent in Egypt had arranged the details in consultation with Derch, but none would fit. Derch thought that all the Cretan chiefs could be bought, and the Egyptian pasha began by distributing 16,000 amongst the churches, mosques, and schools, without forgetting handsome baksheesh to the leading chiefs, who accepted the money, but promised nothing, and made no responsive move. Ismael, meanwhile, was doing his best to provoke hostilities, and finally succeeded in getting up a collision between Cretan Christians and Mussulmans at Candanos, in the southwestern ...
— The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II • William James Stillman
... grinning as before, answered: "The Babu-Sahib went to see the Magistrate—so we have come for bakshish." ...
— The Hungry Stones And Other Stories • Rabindranath Tagore |
