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

Poor soul, he was so pleased with his pourboire, I have made Madame Zassetsky promise to employ him often; so he will be something the better for me, little as he will know it.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Only, if I keep you more than a week it will then be three and a half florins per day, and no pourboire."

From The Prussian Terror by Dumas, Alexandre

Its progressiveness consists in having abolished the pourboire.

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

At the gates O'Mally received his pourboire of twenty centesimi, saw his charge outside, closed and locked the gates, and returned to Pietro, who was in a greatly agitated state of mind.

From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison