Lexicographical Neighbors of Lagnappe
Literary usage of Lagnappe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Policy and Opinion During the Franco-Prussian War by Dora Neill Raymond (1921)
"Napoleon, with Luxemburg as lagnappe, had no backers. Whether the Luxemburg affair
was the symptom of a design somewhat deeper or an excrescence caused by ..."
2. Carlotta's Intended: And Other Tales by Ruth McEnery Stuart (1894)
"An' deze heah in de bottom, dey des chips I picked up 'long de road." " An' you
ain't axed fur no lagnappe fo' yo'- self, Juke. ..."
3. Sergeant York and His People by Sam Kinkade Cowan (1922)
"Out of it comes their lagnappe for making a journey to the store. Beside the door
upon a shelf sits the water-bucket, kept cool by frequent replenishing ..."
4. New Dialogues and Plays for Little Children, Ages Five to Ten: Adapted from by Binney Gunnison (1905)
"Both children watch him with wide-open eyes.) SELINE.—They're right fresh,
M'sieur ; an' won't yer have a few pralines for lagnappe ? ..."
5. Shortage of Sugar: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the ... 75th Congress by Committee on Manufactures, United States, Senate, Congress (1918)
"... lagnappe of a million dollars? Senator VARDAMAN. They made almost the cost of
their mill in this little piece of Mr. JONES. Flimflam. Senator VARDAMAN. ..."
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