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  • noun Plural form of lagniappe.

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Examples

  • We all like the little extras, the little surprises, the "lagniappes" in life.

    unknown title 2009

  • Bibliophile Bullpen: a few lagniappes skip to main | skip to sidebar

    a few lagniappes 2008

  • The meal started with four lagniappes served on flattened Chinese soupspoons.

    Augieland 2008

  • The meal started with four lagniappes served on flattened Chinese soupspoons.

    restaurants 2008

  • * And in my tradition of offering Awesome Maps as sweet lagniappes to such disgusting exercises in self-promotion, I offer this 1882 map of Transylvania.

    Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008

  • The Federal Reserve may stolidly insist that wages are growing only at the non-inflation-threatening rate of 3 percent a year, but the government stats exclude other forms of compensation, like signing bonuses, stock packages or White Castle lagniappes.

    Year Of The Employee 2008

  • The meal started with four lagniappes served on flattened Chinese soupspoons.

    Augieland: 2007

  • The meal started with four lagniappes served on flattened Chinese soupspoons.

    Inn At Little Washington 652 Relaisiilian stars 2007

  • In my state, Utilities Commissioners are apointed either as social justice lagniappes or to keep someone quiet about whered the bones are buried by the legislature.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Foul Winds for Alternative Energy: 2007

  • Apparently, some people didn't appreciate these thoughtful lagniappes from the Film Society.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

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