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lagniappe

noun as in benefit

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Gramercy Cellars (Greg Harrington, winemaker) in Columbia Valley–-especially “Lagniappe” Syrah.

We picked up one excellent word—a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word—'lagniappe.'

Beside, there is no law prohibiting profanity in books: the whole inquiry here is but so much lagniappe.

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.

Whyn't you ax fur des one lagniappe o' sugar-plums, baby, bein's it's Christmas?

Lagniappe is a small gratuity which New Orleans children always expect and usually get with a purchase.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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