How to Use tipper in a Sentence

tipper

noun
  • And a good tipper: The actor left a $30 tip for a $73 check.
    Juliet Pennington, PEOPLE.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • As far as the worst tipper, there have been plenty of those.
    George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The best tippers are regulars who come in every day and know the staff well.
    Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • So for those folks, relying on the good graces of tippers is a dodgy way to make a living.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
  • The study also revealed the best tippers ride between 3 a.m. and 5.
    Halley Bondy, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The client, who’s close friends with Rita, is picky and a terrible tipper.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2021
  • But the person who’s actually getting the dopamine hit off of that is you, the tipper.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Bartenders and waiters love to tell stories about tippers good and bad.
    Michael Klein, Philly.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • That's a big difference from Idaho, where the the best tippers in the nation give an average 17.4%.
    David Johnson, Time, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The only problem with Starbucks is, Eddie’s a big tipper.
    New York Times, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Stars should probably get Joe Pavelski back here at the start of the series, so there’s a little tipper just on offense.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 May 2023
  • A new survey finds men, Republicans, and residents of the northeast are the best tippers.
    Polly Mosendz, Bloomberg.com, 10 July 2017
  • Klum believes that bad karma will catch up with non-tippers, but Munce, a single mother who relies on tips to live, doesn’t care much about their fate.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Aug. 2019
  • That's a mighty specific profile, yes, but according to a new survey from Bankrate, those are the qualities that make up the best tippers in the country.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 July 2017
  • While defensive end is a position of strength for Iowa, Epenesa is a field-tipper.
    Scott Dochterman, ajc, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Pet Peeves: Bad tippers, road ragers, constantly being late, [and] injustice to kids, old people or dogs.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In America, in the early nineteen-hundreds, at least six states outlawed tipping, with penalties in one state of up to thirty days in jail for tipper and tippee.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Launching a new stadium — and the Aztecs promoting it from the 2022 jump — could be the scale-tipper for bigger television outlets picking up a game or two.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
  • If cash is the only option, Post said tippers should make every effort to do it as quickly and cleanly as possible.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2020
  • Riders in California and the Northeast weren’t great tippers.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Sinatra, an outrageous tipper, was known there for handing waiters $100 bills to ensure that his friends drinks were always topped off.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Besides building a strong relationship with your stylist, being a good tipper also gives you access to a few perks.
    Megan McIntyre, Glamour, 22 May 2018
  • Tipping goes without saying, but being a generous tipper in Vegas could be the key to a memorable night out.
    Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Pattie Haubner was a generous tipper in the early days of the pandemic.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The restaurant shared news of the generous tip on Facebook -- unbeknownst to them, inspiring two University of Cincinnati fans to one-up the Xavier tipper.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2021
  • The appeals court found that the jury instructions failed to require a finding that the defendants knew a benefit was passed between the recipients, called the tippees, and their tippers.
    Peter J. Henning, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2016
  • Not Tipping Tipping goes without saying, but being a generous tipper in Vegas could be the key to a memorable night out.
    Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Potential buyers—and future tippers—should weigh the quiet power that doormen wield.
    Holly Peterson, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2016
  • Big tippers are usually rewarded with a few extra chips.
    Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 27 June 2015
  • The story said this generous tipper, who wanted no publicity for his deed, was by no means a wealthy person and reportedly worked two jobs to make his own ends meet.
    Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2020

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