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

It is hardly more than a pourboire, but it is desirable.

From A Diplomatic Adventure by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

It’s not the custom at Geneva to give a pourboire for so short a drive. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry

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

The cocher, aroused by the promise of an extra pourboire, drove off briskly in the direction of the Rue de Rivoli, and soon they were rolling smoothly along that street of wonderful arcades.

From John Marsh's Millions by Hornblow, Arthur