A lagniappe is a small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase, or more broadly something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure. The term is also used more generally to mean any extra or unexpected benefit. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The word entered English from the Louisiana French adapting a Quechua word, yapa ("something added"), that was brought into New Orleans by the Spanish Creoles.
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A lagniappe ( LAN-yap, lan-YAP) is "a small gift given to 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".
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