conge

How to use conge in a sentence

• And the money-making machine rose and dismissed them, as he had received them, with a short, sharp business conge'.

  It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade

• Oh, poor fellow, I gave him his coup de conge last night, and he set out for England this morning.

  Sharing Her Crime | May Agnes Fleming

• We had no time nor spirits pour prendre conge stuff, but determined to call upon the Bowdlers and Miss Cooper.

  The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Fanny Burney