Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

pourboire

[poor-bwar, poor-bwahr] / purˈbwar, pʊərˈbwɑr /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

No doubt it is a pourboire he wants.

From The Golden Silence by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

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

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

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 Beatrix Jungman

If a pourboire is given, small or large, it is accepted invariably with a frank handshake; in some cases it is difficult to induce its acceptance.

From Norway by Beatrix Jungman

But there was no pourboires from the Mahatma.

From Time Magazine Archive

My father-in-law thought it cost too much—my toilettes, the necessary outlay, and especially the pourboires.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

Dear L.,—J.'s presentation of his lettres de créance to the Emperor was a small affair compared with former functions, which were combined with gala coaches, powdered coachmen, and pourboires.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

Their chairs had already been moved away, and the leeward corner, which had seemed so much their own, was filled up by a small group of sailors who were quarrelling about the division of pourboires.

From Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange by John Oliver Hobbes

Americans were scarce this season, and fortes pourboires few and far between.

From Riviera Towns by Herbert Adams Gibbons


Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training