Lagniappe 63: Dickens and His Ravens

Published: May 30, 2015, 9:48 p.m.

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\\nDickens and His Ravens
\\nfrom the preface of Barnaby Rudge
\\nby Charles Dickens
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\\n(listen or download from link above)
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\\nAccording to Webster
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\\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
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