congé

Example Sentences

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"Then give that girl her congé, give her a dot too, send her abroad and let her marry some count."

From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Saltus, Edgar

"Oh, she gave me my congé next morning, but I didn't care, for I had decided to come back to the States as soon as that month's work was up."

From In the Van; or, The Builders by Price-Brown, John

A man ought to be jolly grateful when he's spared the necessity of playing cover, but if you aren't satisfied with the position you can have your congé.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

So saying, she turns from him, as though anxious to give him a gentle congé.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

He seizes into his own hands under the mask of a congé d’élire the appointments to the bishoprics.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin