lagniappe
Example Sentences
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In addition to my Boozy Fish Stew, I am giving you a little happy St Patrick’s Day lagniappe: a stand alone recipe that turns out a good biscuit in no time flat.
From Salon
“After that it has all been lagniappe,” Jordan added, using a Louisiana French Creole word for a bonus, or extra gift.
From Seattle Times
The point of the encore, he muses, is to give fans that feeling of something memorable, a little lagniappe to heighten the experience.
From Washington Post
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
The directions are precise and most of the recipes include a lagniappe called “playing around.”
From New York Times
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