10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKSHEESH»
Discover the use of
backsheesh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
backsheesh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Backsheesh: A Woman's Wanderings
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Beckman, Nellie Sims Beckman, 2011
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Backsheesh! Or Life and Adventures in the Orient
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... he brought me a carafe of brandy.
Nellie Sims Beckman, Mrs William Beckman, 2009
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Backsheesh!, , Or Life and Adventures in the Orient: With ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Wallace Knox, 2010
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Backsheesh Backsheesh: A Woman's Wanderings (1900) a Woman's ...
Travels In Europe, Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, And Palestine.
Mrs William Beckman, Nellie Sims, 2010
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Around the World On a Bicycle: Volume 1 from San Francisco ...
tattooing off his face, now presents himself, with the broad, honest smile of one
who knows he well deserves what he is asking for, and says, "Effendi,
backsheesh." There isnothing more certain than thatthe honest fellow merits
backsheesh ...
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Backsheesh!: Or Life and Adventures in the Orient
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
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Walking in the City of the Dead: A Visitor's Guide
[£1 The simple definition of backsheesh is tips. To fully understand the concept of
backsheesh, however, requires further explanation as there are various types of
backsheesh. Backsheesh can mean tipping for services rendered. This type of ...
Jeffrey A. Nedoroscik, 2010
Promise, him backsheesh, sahib, and he will," was the answer. The elephant
carefully got himself a securer footing, and curling his trunk round a lower spoke
made the wheel revolve, the shaft elephant put in his ponderous weight, and the
...
Thomas Bland Strange, 1988
Their upturned faces were smiling and their white teeth flashed as they held out
dripping hands, palms upward, and called, "Backsheesh! Backsheesh!" One of
the passengers threw a coin overboard, and as it touched the water and slipped,
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKSHEESH»
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backsheesh is used in the context of the following news items.
It's all about the music (and beer) at KL festival
... kicks off tomorrow night, Friday, with music from Tiffany, Fiction, Jack Willan, Tangent Jazz, Back of Beyond with Backsheesh and Afterburner. «Lancaster Today, Apr 15»
How A Secret Brotherhood's Revolt Nearly Destroyed The National …
... players used vigorous and emphatic language to the crowd of beggars as they forced their way among the animals, crying for 'backsheesh.'". «Deadspin, Nov 14»
Morocco, a Chaotic Paradise (Part II)
We knew what was coming next -- the inevitable backsheesh (tip) so I placed a 10 dirham coin in his hand, the equivalent of €1. "It's not enough ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»
Cameron rises from the retail ashes
We are looking at the document Octaviar Administration Pty Ltd, and the pallets of wads of backsheesh ripped out by the liquidators from ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 13»
State Department bands rock the free world
But the current darling of the Kabul embassy scene is the Backsheesh Boys (the name is a Persian-language riff on the now-defunct boy band ... «Washington Post, Oct 12»
When an Umno crony runs to DAP for help
Could it be that a party has kept on demanding more in backsheesh but the company hasn't obliged and thus has been penalised? Or could it ... «Malaysia Kini, Jul 12»
Hundreds of US Contractors Detained in Iraq
Besides, knowing the turf, would it be due to "BACKSHEESH" in action ???? Because what surely looks like bottom line, is that what we ended ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jan 12»
Exclusive Report: “High Strangeness” in Afghan Ambush
Known as Backsheesh, it is the core of economic corruption in Afghanistan and Muslims in the middle East. Perhaps Americans might think ... «Canada Free Press, Sep 11»
The Nile, Then and Now
A few Bedouins, a little backsheesh, some blank cartridges, and, behold—a raid!" The French tourist's conspiracy theories are almost identical ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 11»
India 'issues' zero rupee banknotes
... successful in challenging train ticket inspectors, police officers and civil servants demanding "backsheesh" for performing their public duties. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 10»
