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lagniappe

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9 lettersPronunciation /lænˈjæp/Part of speech nounSorted aaegilnppStarts with LEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)

Word origin

Borrowed from Louisiana French lagniappe, from Spanish la ñapa, a variant of yapa (“small gift or additional quantity given to a valued customer”), from Quechua yapa (“addition, increase, supplement; lagniappe”), yapay (“to add, to increase”).

Used in a sentence

  • Lanyap. Something over and above. Louisiana.
  • Call it a little lagniappe, goodbuddy, that's Duane Marvy's way o' doin' thangs.

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