buckshee
1. adjective
1
free, spare, extra UK, 1916.
2
worthless CANADA, 1995.
3
of a local non-commissioned officer, with rank but no additional pay AUSTRALIA, 1959
2. noun
something above a usual amount that is given for free. Originally from the British Army in Egypt and India, ultimately from Persian. Occasionally used in the plural. Variant spellings include 'bucksheesh', 'buckshish', 'backsheesh', 'backshish', 'bakshee', 'baksheesh' and 'bakshish' UK, 1916