An alternative plural form of baksheesh, used in some historical English texts and regional variations.
An older or variant pluralization of baksheesh, possibly influenced by confusion with Persian plural forms or regional pronunciation differences in 19th-century colonial English.
The competing plural forms 'baksheeshes' and 'bakshis' show how borrowed words create spelling chaos until languages eventually standardize—English was still figuring out how to pluralize this word!
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