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  1. (southern US and Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit
    • 1973: "Call it a little , goodbuddy, that"s Duane Marvy"s way o" doin" thangs." " Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
Etymology: Louisiana French, from Spanish la íapa variant of yapa, from Quechua yapay.

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