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We picked up one excellent word—a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word—'lagniappe.'
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)Beside, there is no law prohibiting profanity in books: the whole inquiry here is but so much lagniappe.
A BOOK OF PREFACESH. L. MENCKENAt least, I saw her buy a quartie's worth o' coffee and a quartie's worth o' sugar, an' then ask for lagniappe o' salt.
SOLOMON CROW'S CHRISTMAS POCKETS AND OTHER TALESRUTH MCENERY STUARTWhyn't you ax fur des one lagniappe o' sugar-plums, baby, bein's it's Christmas?
SOLOMON CROW'S CHRISTMAS POCKETS AND OTHER TALESRUTH MCENERY STUARTLagniappe is a small gratuity which New Orleans children always expect and usually get with a purchase.
SOLOMON CROW'S CHRISTMAS POCKETS AND OTHER TALESRUTH MCENERY STUARTWORDS RELATED TO LAGNIAPPE
- allurement
- bait
- blackmail
- buyoff
- compensation
- contract
- corrupt money
- corrupting gift
- enticement
- envelope
- feedbag
- fringe benefit
- gift
- goody
- graft
- gratuity
- gravy
- grease
- hush money
- ice
- incentive
- inducement
- influence peddling
- kickback
- lagniappe
- lure
- payola
- perk
- perquisite
- present
- price
- protection
- remuneration
- reward
- sop
- sweetener
- sweetening
- take
- added
- additional
- ancillary
- another
- auxiliary
- beyond
- button
- extraneous
- extraordinary
- fresh
- further
- fuss
- gingerbread
- gravy
- ice
- in addition
- in reserve
- in store
- inessential
- lagniappe
- leftover
- more
- needless
- new
- one more
- optional
- other
- over and above
- perk
- plus
- redundant
- reserve
- spare
- special
- superfluous
- supernumerary
- supplemental
- supplementary
- surplus
- tip
- unnecessary
- unneeded
- unused
- allowance
- alms
- award
- benefaction
- benefit
- bequest
- bestowal
- bonus
- boon
- bounty
- charity
- contribution
- courtesy
- dispensation
- donation
- endowment
- fairing
- favor
- giveaway
- goodie
- grant
- gratuity
- hand
- hand-me-down
- handout
- honorarium
- lagniappe
- largesse
- legacy
- libation
- oblation
- offering
- offertory
- philanthropy
- pittance
- premium
- present
- presentation
- provision
- ration
- relief
- remembrance
- remittance
- reward
- souvenir
- subscription
- subsidy
- tax benefit
- tax write-off
- tip
- token
- tribute
- write-off
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