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

When he left the yellow cab in the Cour du H�vre, the driver had fifty centimes pourboire, though it was not like his passengers to go beyond three sous.

From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore

The matter is then arbitrated by the driver who accepts as client the one who offers the largest pourboire.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher

Its progressiveness consists in having abolished the pourboire.

From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

At the gates O'Mally received his pourboire of twenty centesimi, saw his charge outside, closed and locked the gates, and returned to Pietro, who was in a greatly agitated state of mind.

From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison