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

And the porter spat and grinned, and said to Nancy: "Faut lui donner son pourboire."

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

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

And finally it was settled that the noble prince and millionaire, then leaning against the wall smoking cigarettes, was to pay twenty-two lire and to give a pourboire.

From A Tramp's Notebook by Roberts, Morley

He took his pourboire and left the rest, just as he treated monsieur.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)