Meaning of buckshee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A gift or bribe.
2. An extra portion, ration etc.
3. A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment.
   slang
4. Alternative spelling of bukshi (“paymaster”).
   alt-of, alternative

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“Ted Mostyn, for example; he's only eighteen, and he's back with two buckshees (wounds) already.”

“As they went down the sap, 'Frank led the way...explaining to all and sundry "Old Kips got a buckshee".”

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