Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trifling article added gratis to a purchase in shops or markets to encourage custom; any complimentary present from a dealer to a customer: as, a turkey sent at Christmas for lagnappe.
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Examples
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Out of it comes their lagnappe for making a journey to the store.
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Hayden had won in his dice-throwing and Fate took defeat handsomely, granting him his desires and throwing a favor or two for lagnappe.
The Silver Butterfly Wilson Woodrow 1902
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In all his tracks followed the hooded bread-cart, with its light-weight loaves for worthless money and with only the staggering news for lagnappe.
Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884
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