pourboire

Example Sentences

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At any rate, M. Clemenceau was so excited that he forgot to give the usual pourboire to the female attendant who conducted him to his front seat in the fauteuils.

From Time Magazine Archive

The matter is then arbitrated by the driver who accepts as client the one who offers the largest pourboire.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher

I thought it strange, but I called out the order to Alphonse and bade him promise a good pourboire.

From A Diplomatic Adventure by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

Moreover, milords upstairs would be sure to recompense him for an enforced vigil by a liberal pourboire.

From The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Tracy, Louis

"Do you want to give me a lift with the biggest pieces?" asked the messenger; "my orders are to give you a good pourboire."

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de