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lagniappe

lag·niappe

UK/lænˈjæp/ US/ˈlænjæp/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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”).

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