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

Then turning to De Peyster and exhibiting his pourboire, he repeated, “Comprenez vous fran�ais?” while both men went off again into a paroxysm of laughter.

From The Spell by Orcutt, William Dana

"I'd have done it for nothing, but I'll take the pourboire," replied the concierge, with a laugh.

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

Its progressiveness consists in having abolished the pourboire.

From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

In conclusion, pourboire, buona mancia, backshish, tipping or bribery, was born with man, and will only die out with him.

From The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various