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vail
Part of speech: NounMoney given to servants by employers, visitors, or others, as a perquisite or present; customary or stipulated perquisites to servants, as grease and broken meat to a cook, and left- off clothes to a personal servant.
Usage examples "vail":- It reminded Verkan Vail of some sort of industrial assembly- line operation. - "Last Enemy", Henry Beam Piper.
- I saw the quick look between Vail and Mrs. Turner, and saw her come forward. - "The After House", Mary Roberts Rinehart.
- And he stopped and said, That's just it, Miss Vail. - "Jane Journeys On", Ruth Comfort Mitchell.