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lagniappe definition

☆ lagniappe or lagnappe lagnappe′ (lan yap′, lan′yap′)

noun

  1. Chiefly South a small present given to a customer with a purchase
  2. a gratuity or the like

Etymology: Creole < Fr la, the + Sp ñapa, lagniappe < Quechuan yapa

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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