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Cumshaw and baksheesh may be used as bribes, but the word bribe itself meant
a small gift that became a euphemism for a cecret substantial gift:
bribe
n.
ME < OFr, morsel of bread given to beggars < briber, to beg
1 anything, esp. money, given or promised to induce a person to do something illegal or wrong
2 anything given or promised to induce a person to do something against his or her wishes
vt.
bribed, brib4ing
1 to offer or give a bribe to
2 to get or influence by bribing
vi.
to give a bribe or bribes
brib4a[ble
adj.
brib$er
n.
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If Smetena exchanged gifts with his librettist, would it be a Bartered Bribe?
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and this will be ma vlast attempt at a bad joke...
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not...resisting...temptation......very...well
(Moldau <==> moldy)
(...vlast predictions from half vlast ideas...)
(cross-threading: European shoemaker, stick to your vlast)
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(damn, where is that record?)
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I'll have a Guinness, he said stoutly
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And his friends all said, My Guinness, you are getting really stout.
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