pourboire
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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
What with three and four concerts a night why should not the critics have a pourboire for extra critical attention?
From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by Cooke, James Francis
The cocher, aroused by the promise of an extra pourboire, drove off briskly in the direction of the Rue de Rivoli, and soon they were rolling smoothly along that street of wonderful arcades.
From John Marsh's Millions by Hornblow, Arthur
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
It is hardly more than a pourboire, but it is desirable.
From A Diplomatic Adventure by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
But there was no pourboires from the Mahatma.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tell your father-in-law that the question of pourboires has been settled now and forever.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
Americans were scarce this season, and fortes pourboires few and far between.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
It seems that the Emperor's attention had been railed to the many very disagreeable articles in the newspapers on the subject of the extravagant pourboires exacted at Compiègne.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
This solicitude evaporated in what Bismarck disdainfully called the policy of pourboires, the policy of tips and pickings—scraps and slips of territory to be given to France under the diplomatic name of compensation.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
