pourboire
noun
a gratuity; tip.
pourboires
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pluralof pourboire.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
We were a rather subdued party in the train; the conversation mostly turned on the subject of pourboires.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
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 L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
Their chairs had already been moved away, and the leeward corner, which had seemed so much their own, was filled up by a small group of sailors who were quarrelling about the division of pourboires.
From Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange by John Oliver Hobbes
