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

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

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

Its progressiveness consists in having abolished the pourboire.

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

Tartarin went up to give him a pourboire, as he had seen all the other tourists do.

From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott