Thesaurus / lagniappe
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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. MENCKEN
At 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 STUART
Whyn'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 STUART
Lagniappe 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 STUART
WORDS RELATED TO LAGNIAPPE
- 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
- tip
- token
- tribute
- write-off
- 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
- tip
- token
- tribute
- write-off
- allocation
- allotment
- allowance
- apportionment
- bang
- bit
- chunk
- division
- divvy
- drag
- dram
- excerpt
- extract
- fix
- fraction
- fragment
- gob
- helping
- hit
- hunk
- lagniappe
- lion's share
- lot
- lump
- measure
- meed
- member
- moiety
- morsel
- parcel
- part
- piece
- piece of action
- plum
- quantity
- quantum
- quota
- scrap
- section
- segment
- serving
- shot
- slug
- smithereen
- taste
- allocation
- allotment
- allowance
- apportionment
- bang
- bit
- chunk
- division
- divvy
- drag
- dram
- excerpt
- extract
- fix
- fraction
- fragment
- gob
- helping
- hit
- hunk
- lagniappe
- lion's share
- lot
- lump
- measure
- meed
- member
- moiety
- morsel
- parcel
- part
- piece
- piece of action
- plum
- quantity
- quantum
- quota
- scrap
- section
- segment
- serving
- shot
- slug
- smithereen
- taste
- allowance
- apportionment
- bite
- chunk
- claim
- commission
- contribution
- cut
- cut in
- cut up
- divide
- dividend
- division
- divvy
- dose
- drag
- due
- end
- fifty-fifty
- fraction
- fragment
- halver
- helping
- heritage
- interest
- lagniappe
- lot
- measure
- meed
- parcel
- part
- partage
- percentage
- piece
- pittance
- plum
- points
- proportion
- quantum
- quota
- quotient
- quotum
- rake-off
- ration
- segment
- serving
- slice
- split
- stake
- taste
- whack
- allowance
- apportionment
- bite
- chunk
- claim
- commission
- contribution
- cut
- cut in
- cut up
- divide
- dividend
- division
- divvy
- dose
- drag
- due
- end
- fifty-fifty
- fraction
- fragment
- halver
- helping
- heritage
- interest
- lagniappe
- lot
- measure
- meed
- parcel
- part
- partage
- percentage
- piece
- pittance
- plum
- points
- proportion
- quantum
- quota
- quotient
- quotum
- rake-off
- ration
- segment
- serving
- slice
- split
- stake
- taste
- whack
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