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bamboo baksheesh

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bamboo baksheesh (uncountable)

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

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References edit

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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