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lagniappes

lagniappes is the plural of lagniappe.

Meaning of lagniappe

Noun

lagniappe (plural lagniappes)

  1. (Louisiana, Trinidad-and-Tobago, Mississippi) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.
    • Lefe had been successful, and was supposed to have amassed quite a "pile," which he was very loth indeed to part with; and when he lost, if the money were not absolutely staked, would usually put off the winner with some old horse that he had fixed up for sale, or a dubious note that he had...1852 March, “an ex-Texan”, “South-Western Scenes. … No. III.—More Beef than Venison and More Plague than Profit.”, in Democratic Review, volume XXX, number III (CLXV from the start), Washington...
    Synonyms:
    bonus, brotus, pasella, tilly

Forms of lagniappes

alternative formlagnappes
alternative formlanyaps
alternative formlanyappes

Questions about lagniappes

What is lagniappes the plural of?
Lagniappes is the plural of lagniappe.

Words near lagniappes in the dictionary

  1. LAGNAF
  2. lagnappe
  3. lagnappes
  4. lagnas
  5. lagniappe
  6. lagniappes
  7. Lagny-sur-Marne
  8. Lago
  9. Lago Mare event
  10. Lagoa das Sete Cidades
  11. lagobolon

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