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Definition of Lagniappe
1. Noun. A small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase).
Definition of Lagniappe
1. n. In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity.
Definition of Lagniappe
1. Noun. (context: Louisiana Mississippi Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lagniappe
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lagniappe
Literary usage of Lagniappe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"If the waiter in the restaurant stumbles and spills a gill of coffee down the
back of your neck, he says ' For lagniappe, sah,' and gets you another cup ..."
2. 1861 to 1865, by an Old Johnnie by James Dinkins (1897)
""lagniappe." I. KING PHILIP. After the war, General Forrest, with his wife and
son, Captain Billy Forrest, went to live on his farm in Coahoma county, ..."
3. Dixie; Or, Southern Scenes and Sketches by Julian Ralph (1895)
"What are you going to give me for a lagniappe? ... A lagniappe means something
thrown in, something extra, something more than is paid for; ..."
4. Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets: And Other Tales by Ruth (McEnery) Stuart (1896)
""Picayune o' light bread an' lagniappe* o' salt," Duke began, lifting out the
parcels, ... lagniappe is a small gratuity which New Orleans children always ..."
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