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bamboo baksheesh en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (archaic, slang, uncountable) The act of striking a person who comes begging for money.
    • Run, oh splay-footed loafer, lest I pay you bamboo baksheesh. 1939, “Running Commentary”, in Punch, volume 196, page 280: