lagniappe

Example Sentences

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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 • Nov. 15, 2022

The directions are precise and most of the recipes include a lagniappe called “playing around.”

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2021

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

The rest of the trip was lagniappe: fishing, playing games, hanging out around the camp.

From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2020

Dix sous, madame, an' one lil' piece fo' lagniappe fo' madame's lil' bebe.

From The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories by Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore