How To Use Pourboire In A Sentence
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He knows the road; his sturdy horse is accustomed to the hills; he takes one for three francs an hour -- about half what is charged at Saratoga or Sharon or Richfield; he expects a few cents as pourboire, that is all.
Manners and Social Usages
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Most people with any sense of propriety whatsoever would think that his acceptance of this immodest pourboire for services rendered would immediately preclude him from holding the office of President of the EU Council on the basis that the conflict of interest would be plain as a pikestaff to all and sundry.
Blair's Thirty Pieces Of Silver?
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He had thought that this next six months would see France once more in its rightful place as the natural leader of Europe, handing out this fatcat job here, this little pourboire there, accepting the plaudits from a grateful Eurcracy and European political elite for a job well and truly done.
Archive 2008-06-29
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= PK, K stressed pirouét pis aller pêace állây pláteau, pláteaux plural pláttô, plátôz; in both, the second syllable is stressed in AmE pot-pourri pôpu-rêe pouf, pouffe, pouffet poùf, poùf, poùffay poularde poûlarde pourboire porbwàr pourparler porpàrlay pousse-café poûss-cafây poussette poû-sét prelude première prémiãir promenade prómenàde proneur prón-ër protégé prôtezhây
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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It would be interesting to hear how these individuals squared Sir Fred's pourboire with the commitment they gave to RBS shareholders in the remuneration report to ensure that rewards would "be earned through achievement of demanding performance targets based on measures consistent with shareholder interests." ...
How the taxpayer can get Sir Fred Goodwin's pension back
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Some concessions would have to be made to Hitler, and Mussolini would expect a little pourboire for his own helpful behavior,49 but this could be accomplished by some horse-trading among colonies.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL
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He had thought that this next six months would see France once more in its rightful place as the natural leader of Europe, handing out this fatcat job here, this little pourboire there, accepting the plaudits from a grateful Eurcracy and European political elite for a job well and truly done.
Sarkozy Puts On The Bovver Boots
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Most people with any sense of propriety whatsoever would think that his acceptance of this immodest pourboire for services rendered would immediately preclude him from holding the office of President of the EU Council on the basis that the conflict of interest would be plain as a pikestaff to all and sundry.
Archive 2008-01-06
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After that, we came back to the Barriere de l'Etoile, where she gave me a good 'pourboire' and got into a hackney coach, telling me to take the travelling carriage back to the man who lets such carriages in the Cour des Coches, Faubourg Saint-Honore.
The Lesser Bourgeoisie
