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
In conclusion, pourboire, buona mancia, backshish, tipping or bribery, was born with man, and will only die out with him.
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
At length we reached a lonely farmhouse, at which, he implied, we were to alight; and we paid him his little bill, with the addition of a small pourboire.
From Norway by Jungman, Beatrix
Moreover, milords upstairs would be sure to recompense him for an enforced vigil by a liberal pourboire.
From The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Tracy, Louis
"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
But there was no pourboires from the Mahatma.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dear L.,—J.'s presentation of his lettres de créance to the Emperor was a small affair compared with former functions, which were combined with gala coaches, powdered coachmen, and pourboires.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
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)
Waiters' pourboires are eighty-five centimes at breakfast, and at dinner a franc.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter
Americans were scarce this season, and fortes pourboires few and far between.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
