bayou
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Laughter and smoke from boudin and BBQ chicken drifted out across the bayou.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
Horton-built house in Slidell, La., with a ramp to the porch, a wide doorway and a community pond in the backyard that reminded her husband of his childhood on the bayou.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Pratt was stout, compact and level-eyed, with a raspy drawl bespeaking his childhood on the Louisiana bayou.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
The intimacy of the Geffen Playhouse’s second stage helped crystallize Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “The Brothers Size,” part of the playwright’s acclaimed “Brother/Sister” trilogy set in the Louisiana bayou and incorporating West African mythology.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024
He’s got a thick Cajun accent like he’s straight outta the bayou.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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