backshee

Noun

buckshee (plural buckshees)

1. A gift or bribe.
   • Being a literary gent certainly has its advantages, such as not needing to shave before starting work in the mornings and all the literary luncheons sitting at the top table, which has the flowers and the buckshee booze.2008, Richard Gordon, Doctor on Toast, →ISBN, page 11
2. An extra portion, ration etc.
3. (slang) A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment.
   • Clearly the preferred wound, it ranked in seriousness between a 'buckshee' or 'baksheesh', a slight wound that merely took a man out of the line for a short time, and a 'N.Z. smack', which meant being invalided back to New Zealand, usually disabled for life.2009, Gavin McLean, Penguin Book Of New Zealanders At War, →ISBN

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Noun

bukshi (plural bukshis)

1. (historical) The paymaster in native Indian states.