noun
Street Slang
lagniappe
· noun · nola
A little something extra, on the house.
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Definitions
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An unexpected bonus thrown in free — the thirteenth donut, the extra hush puppy, the small gift a shopkeeper hands you because you're a regular. Hospitality with receipts.
“She slipped a couple extra pralines in the bag — pure lagniappe.”
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lagniappe In A Sentence
She slipped a couple extra pralines in the bag — pure lagniappe.
Origin & Usage
Louisiana French via Spanish 'la ñapa', itself from Quechua 'yapay' (to add, to give more). Mark Twain raved about it in Life on the Mississippi as the most useful word he'd picked up in New Orleans.
Variants
lagnappe
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