buckshee
Plural: buckshees
Adjective Satellite
- free of charge; - Economist
- "if they deposit these shares in the scheme they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis"
Noun
- Something extra obtained for free, often as a bonus.
- A gift or bribe.
- An extra portion, ration etc.
- A wound that is relatively minor but sufficient to get a soldier sent away from the front to the hospital.
- Alternative form of bukshi (“paymaster”).
Adj
- Extra, spare.
Examples
- Finding a triple-word score on a letter that also connected to a double-letter was pure buckshee.
Origin / Etymology
Related to baksheesh.
Scrabble Score: 19
buckshee: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbuckshee: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
buckshee: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
buckshee: valid Words With Friends Word