buckshee, n. and a. slang (orig. Army).
(ˈbʌkʃiː, bʌkˈʃiː)
[Alteration of baksheesh; cf. bukshi.]
A. n. Something extra, free, or to spare; an allowance above the usual amount. B. adj. Free; spare, extra. Hence as adv.
| 1916 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 ‘Buckshee’ (probably derived from back-sheesh, meaning extra rations, or anything over after an issue has been made—buckshee loaf, buckshee ‘fags’, etc.). 1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/2 ‘Buckshee’ deserves attention as probably, with ‘scrounge’, the most popular slang towards the end of the war. 1920 Outward Bound Nov. 66/2 The police help themselves freely to buckshee refreshments. 1921 Glasgow Herald 1 Nov. 5 To..give the goods almost buckshee to our cut-throat friends, the tribesmen of the N.-W. Frontier of India. 1942 C. Barrett On the Wallaby iii. 48 The Chief of Staff..snapped, ‘Want a buckshee trip, eh?’ |