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

Paul's chauffeur said to himself as he pocketed an extravagant pourboire.

From High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn by Anonymous

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

Nobody ever does call himself particularly extravagant," retorted the Professor; "but I observed at St. Luc that you habitually gave fifty centimes as a pourboire when twopence, or even a penny, would have been handsome.

From The Brass Bottle by Anstey, F.

At length we reached a lonely farmhouse, at which, he implied, we were to alight; and we paid him his little bill, with the addition of a small pourboire.

From Norway by Jungman, Beatrix