LAGNIAPPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lagniappe mean? 

• LAGNIAPPE (noun)
  The noun LAGNIAPPE has 1 sense:

1. a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)

  Familiarity information: LAGNIAPPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAGNIAPPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("lagniappe" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)