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

Finally Tomass' compromised on one-lira-fifty per hour, with fifty centesimi pourboire.

From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison

It appeared that during the work one of our friends, apparently despairing of any pourboire appropriate to his own conceptions of reward, had sold his share of the tip to the driver for fifteen cents.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher

If a pourboire is given, small or large, it is accepted invariably with a frank handshake; in some cases it is difficult to induce its acceptance.

From Norway by Jungman, Beatrix

The female Jehu showed to the other servants the pourboire she had received; it was a new silver piece.

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór