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

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

Poor soul, he was so pleased with his pourboire, I have made Madame Zassetsky promise to employ him often; so he will be something the better for me, little as he will know it.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Then turning to De Peyster and exhibiting his pourboire, he repeated, “Comprenez vous fran�ais?” while both men went off again into a paroxysm of laughter.

From The Spell by Orcutt, William Dana

"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