lagniappe

lagniappe englannista suomeksi

1. lahja

0. Substantiivi

lagniappe englanniksi

1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.

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2. (quote-journal)

3. (quote-book) Something over and above. Louisiana.

4. (quote-journal) may not He claim for His ''Lagnappe'', on the resurrection morn, these living gems children, who wait "to be clothed upon with their house which is from Heaven?"

5. (quote-book) Samuel Langhorne Clemens|chapter=City Sights|title=Life on the Mississippi|location=Boston, Mass.|publisher=R. Osgood|James R. Osgood and Company|year=1883|page=450|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/lifeonmississipptwaipage/450/mode/1up/|oclc=557676530|passage=We picked up one excellent word – a word worth travelling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word – "Lagniappe." They pronounce it lanny-''yap''. (..) It has a restricted meaning, but I think the people spread it out a little when they choose. It is the equivalent of the thirteenth roll in a "baker's dozen." It is something thrown in, gratis, for good measure. (..) When a child or a servant buys something in a shop – or even the mayor or governor, for aught I know – he finishes the operation by saying, – 'Give me something for lagniappe.' The shopman always responds; gives the child a bit of liquorice-root; gives the servant a cheap cigar or a spool of thread, gives the governor – I don't know what he gives the governor; support, likely.

6. (quote-book)

7. (quote-book) focuses on merchants extending credit, but offering a lagniappe could do the same thing, (..)

8. tip (gloss)

9. (l) (gloss)

10. windfall, unexpected turn of good fortune