congé

Example Sentences

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The letters P.P.C. for pour prendre congé, written at the lower corner of visiting cards, indicate departure from town or from a neighbourhood.

From Manners and Rules of Good Society or Solecisms to be Avoided by Anonymous

I was so sure of my dismissal, that when I returned to the house from the shore I expected some sort of lettre de congé; but I found nothing.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

And then, perhaps considering that she had been sufficiently amiable to him, she gave him his congé with a pleasant little nod.

From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

As she ceases speaking she turns back again to the contemplation of the fire, as though desirous of giving him his congé.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

He is rather down, poor fellow, as his congé drags on and they seem in no hurry at the Foreign Office to give him another post.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King