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
Out of the crowd which had collected a loutish youth was chosen; a pourboire promised; and after many mutual politenesses we were permitted to teuf-teuf onto the sacred soil of France.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic
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
He almost collapsed when she finally got down and not only handed him the legal fare without dispute but double the usual pourboire.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore
Paul's chauffeur said to himself as he pocketed an extravagant pourboire.
From High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn by Anonymous
But there was no pourboires from the Mahatma.
From Time Magazine Archive
She said that in their salle à manger almost all the maids and valets belonging to the guests gave pourboires.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
It seems that the Emperor's attention had been railed to the many very disagreeable articles in the newspapers on the subject of the extravagant pourboires exacted at Compiègne.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
This solicitude evaporated in what Bismarck disdainfully called the policy of pourboires, the policy of tips and pickings—scraps and slips of territory to be given to France under the diplomatic name of compensation.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
Tell your father-in-law that the question of pourboires has been settled now and forever.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
