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Definition of Buckshee
1. Adjective. Free of charge. "If they deposit these shares in the scheme they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis"
Similar to: Unpaid
Definition of Buckshee
1. Noun. (India) A gift or bribe. ¹
2. Noun. (India) An extra portion, ration etc. ¹
3. Adjective. (India) Free, without charge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buckshee
1. something extra obtained free [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buckshee
Literary usage of Buckshee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. With the Serbs in Macedonia by Douglas Walshe (1920)
"Tommy has got hold of f .at and twisted it into " buckshee." Now anything he owns
that he ought not to own is referred to as ..."
2. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"So active was I in my new capacity, that the buckshee offered to appoint me to the
... The buckshee himself hesitated not to adopt this mode of enriching ..."
3. A Memoir of Central India: Including Malwa, and Adjoining Porvinces, with by John. Malcolm (1824)
"buckshee In the Mahratta armies, the prince is deemed. ... the Sirdar or commander;
next to him is the buckshee or paymaster, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"buckshee-buck, a game played by an indefinite number of players. Oue shuts his
eyes, and the others say in turn, " buckshee ! ..."
5. The History of British India by James Mill (1848)
"In such case, he is usually told, that by signing a paper, prepared by the buckshee
for that purpose, or repeating before witnesses what he is instructed to ..."
6. The History of the British Empire in India by Edward Thornton (1842)
"The required amount had been counted out to each buckshee,* but the issue to the
men was not to take place till the following day; and in the meantime the ..."
7. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"buckshee-buck, a game played by an indefinite number of players. One shuts his
eyes, and the others say ... buckshee-buck ! How many fingers do I hold up ? ..."
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