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

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

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2020

At least, I saw her buy a quartie's worth o' coffee and a quartie's worth o' sugar, an' then ask for lagniappe o' salt.

From Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales by Stuart, Ruth McEnery