Lagniappe 63: Dickens and His Ravens
\nDickens and His Ravens
\nfrom the preface of Barnaby Rudge
\nby Charles Dickens\n\n(listen or download from link above)\n\nAccording to Webster
\n\n\nla\xb7gniappe \\\u02c8lan-\u02ccyap, lan-\u02c8\\
\nFunction: noun
\nEtymology: American French, from American Spanish la \xf1apa the lagniappe, from la + \xf1apa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
\nDate: 1844
\n: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure