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

Like the cocher of Paris they all expect and ask for a pourboire.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray

That I should have risked perishing upon a trumpery question of a pourboire, depicted in lively colours the perils that perpetually surrounded us.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I stared at the thing stupidly for a moment, as I fumbled for a pourboire to give the messenger, when it occurred to me that he might explain the mystery.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand

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