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noun - a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
LAGNIAPPE - A lagniappe ( LAN-yap, lan-YAP) is "a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase" (such as a 13th doughnut on purchase of a...
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| Appealing desperately for a little extra in the Bronx? |
| Small gift strangely appealing |
| Unusually appealing for the present |
| ... deceitfully appealing for a handout |
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| Chiefly used in Louisiana, it's Creole for a gift given a customer by a shopkeeper at the time of purchase |
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| something given as a bonus or gratuity. |
| a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase) |
| Chiefly Southern Louisiana amp Mississippi A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer's purchase. |
| Chiefly Southern Louisiana amp Mississippi An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot2. See Regional Note at beignet. |
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A lagniappe ( LAN-yap, lan-YAP) is "a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase" (such as a 13th doughnut on purchase of a dozen), or more broadly, "something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure."The word entered English from the Louisiana French adapting a Quechua word brought in to New Orleans by the Spanish Creoles. It derived from the South American Spanish phrase la yapa or ñapa (referring to a free extra item, usually a very cheap one). La is the definite article in Spanish as well as in French (la ñapa or la gniappe = the ñapa/gniappe). The term has been traced back to the Quechua word yapay ('to increase; to add'). In Andean markets it is still customary to ask for a yapa (translates as "a little extra") when making a purchase. The seller usually responds by throwing in a little extra. * Although this is an old custom, it is still widely practiced in Louisiana. Street vendors, especially vegetable vendors, are expected to throw in |