Lagniappe 63: Dickens and His Ravens

Dickens and His Ravens from the preface of Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens (listen or download from link above) According to Webster la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\ Function: noun Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added Date: 1844 : 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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