lagnappe
/lænˈjæp/
noun
- A small gift given to a customer by a merchant, especially in Louisiana.
- When I bought the painting, the gallery owner gave me a small print as a lagnappe.
- The hotel left a box of chocolates on the pillow as a lagnappe for their guests.
- The baker always throws in a free cookie as a lagnappe with every dozen donuts.
- Something extra given or received as a bonus or gratuity.
- Finding a $20 bill in an old coat pocket was a pleasant lagnappe.
- The teacher considered the students' thank-you notes a heartfelt lagnappe.
- The extra day of vacation felt like a lagnappe after a long project.