buckshee

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buckshee

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Related to baksheesh.

noun buckshees

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.
An extra portion, ration etc.
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.
alternative Alternative spelling of bukshi (“paymaster”).

adjective

not comparable, slang Extra, spare. However, you come along about nine o'clock. There's some buckshee rum.

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@misc{buckshee_2026,
  title = {buckshee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buckshee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}