bamboo baksheesh

noun

The act of striking a person who comes begging for money.

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nounbamboo baksheesh (uncountable)
  1. archaicslanguncountableThe act of striking a person who comes begging for money.

    Run, oh splay-footed loafer, lest I pay you bamboo baksheesh.

    1939, “Running Commentary”, in Punch, volume 196, page 280
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