A little something extra from the The Uncommon Reader (by Alan Bennett), in which a most unusual person begins reading books.
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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