lagniappe
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“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
The money that gets taxed is mostly what economists call excess returns and what a Louisianian might call lagniappe — profits in excess of what is necessary to motivate investment.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
