Crossword-Solution: SHABASH 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 15

His amused comrades greeted me with shouts of "Shabash, Sahib!" ("Well done, sir"), and I never had any further trouble with Karim Bux.

Aye, sahib, down into India! It was a long road, but the Afghans were very kind to us, providing us with food and blankets and giving some of us new horses for our weary ones, and so we came at last to Landi Kotal at the head of the Khyber, where a long-legged English sahib heard our story and said "Shabash!" to Ranjoor Singh--that means "Well done!" And so we marched down the Khyber, they signaling ahead that we were coming.

The decision was no sooner come to than acted upon, with a "_Shabash_, brothers! All together! Heave ho!" And at every turn it rolled, there was uproarious laughter.

When a pleasing storey or adventure is heard or witnessed, and they wish to express their approbation, instead of saying _shabash!_ [excellent] or _wah! wah!_ [bravo! bravo!] they beat the floor with their feet, or they clap their hands, by which they signify their approval.--_Travels of Mirza Itesa Modeen in Great Britain and France._ * * * * * MISCELLANIES.

There followed instantaneous silence, broken by a chuckle and an applausive "Shabash!" and nothing more.