buckshee
An extra portion, ration etc.
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#1·Apr 26, 2026
An extra portion, ration etc.
Clearly the preferred wound, it ranked in seriousness between a 'buckshee' or 'baksheesh', a slight wound that merely took a man out of the line for a short time, and a 'N.Z. smack', which meant being invalided back to New Zealand, usual…
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#2·Apr 26, 2026
A gift or bribe.
Being a literary gent certainly has its advantages, such as not needing to shave before starting work in the mornings and all the literary luncheons sitting at the top table, which has the flowers and the buckshee booze.
Origin: Related to baksheesh. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 26, 2026
(military slang) A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment.
Ted Mostyn, for example; he's only eighteen, and he's back with two buckshees (wounds) already.
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