lagniappe
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Bon Temps and Lagniappe, nicknamed Bonnie and Lana, were hand-raised after their birth in 1985 to an orangutan named Sarah.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021
Justices on Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of the Baldwin County sheriff’s office denying the record to Lagniappe.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021
The company will issue 22.7 million ‘Series E’ shares as part of the funding round, according to a securities filing obtained by Reuters from analytics firm Lagniappe Labs.
From Reuters • Dec. 27, 2019
A few months ago, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education closed Lagniappe Academies for under-serving special-education students, including fraudulently claiming to have provided services it hadn't.
From US News • Aug. 18, 2015
Lagniappe is a small gratuity which New Orleans children always expect and usually get with a purchase.
From Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales by Stuart, Ruth McEnery
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