congé

Example Sentences

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He is rather down, poor fellow, as his congé drags on and they seem in no hurry at the Foreign Office to give him another post.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

"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

Left to herself, she would make light of such a suitor, and give him his congé with a brusque promptitude.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

Merely to say that they were an itinerant company of actors and actresses would be sufficient to ensure them a speedy congé from Blanford.

From His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts by Wells, David Dwight