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lagniappe U.S.|læˈnjæp|
Also lagnappe, lanyap, -yappe.
[Louisiana Fr., ad. Sp. la ñapa, in the same sense.]
Something given over and above what is purchased, earned, etc., to make good measure or by way of gratuity.
1849Knickerbocker XXXIV. 407/1 Ime sum pumpkins in that line; but he's a huckleberry above my persimmon, and right smart lanyope too, as them creole darkies say. 1883‘Mark Twain’ Life on Mississippi xliv. 402 We picked up one excellent word—a word worth travelling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word—‘lagniappe’. They pronounce it lanny-yap. It is Spanish—so they said. 1884G. W. Cable Creoles of Louisiana xvi. (1885) 114 The pleasant institution of ñapa—the petty gratuity added, by the retailer, to anything bought—grew the pleasanter, drawn out into Gallicized lagnappe. 1936W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! viii. 338 As lagniappe to the revenge as it were. 1947S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! (1949) vii. 84 Since the ship was calling there anyway, the trip would be pure lagniappe, an extra dash of stardust unforeseen in our program. 1958M. Mayer Madison Ave. xiv. 217 Finally, as lagniappe, Nielsen told the company the extent of ‘dealer push’. 1966New Yorker 1 Oct. 186 This amusing architectural lagniappe. 1971N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7/4 And, as lagniappe, they threw in a list of ‘spurious words’ the scholars had come upon in dictionaries. 1972New Yorker 7 Oct. 15/2 (Advt.), 64 pieces of exquisite Limoges porcelain sculpture..with superb porcelain tiles to play on as lagniappe. |