lagniappe
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Habituating shoppers to being squeezed for every meager “amenity” sparks a new appreciation for the lagniappe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Post offered a lexical lagniappe in the form of “graupel” as reported in the March 27 Metro article “Winter’s remnants linger on Saturday.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
In his essential book "Imbibe," David Wondrich calls the Sazerac — created in the Crescent City before the turn of the 20th century — "New Orleans' own liquid lagniappe."
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2021
“My way to break down barriers, connect with people, and start to see each other on a human level: a bit of lagniappe, as we say in Louisiana.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2020
If the waiter in the restaurant stumbles and spills a gill of coffee down the back of your neck, he says 'For lagniappe, sah,' and gets you another cup without extra charge.
From Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. by Mark Twain
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