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

It appeared that during the work one of our friends, apparently despairing of any pourboire appropriate to his own conceptions of reward, had sold his share of the tip to the driver for fifteen cents.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher

When he left the yellow cab in the Cour du H�vre, the driver had fifty centimes pourboire, though it was not like his passengers to go beyond three sous.

From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore

In France the pourboire is a veritable tax, as it is in Italy and in the Latin countries.

From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter

Its progressiveness consists in having abolished the pourboire.

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