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

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

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

"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

Then turning to De Peyster and exhibiting his pourboire, he repeated, “Comprenez vous fran�ais?” while both men went off again into a paroxysm of laughter.

From The Spell by Orcutt, William Dana

"I'd have done it for nothing, but I'll take the pourboire," replied the concierge, with a laugh.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de