trouvaillen.
/truːˈvʌɪ/, U.S. /truˈvaɪ/ A lucky find; a windfall.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > an acquisition or gain > a lucky find
trouvaille1842
1753 Lady Luxborough Let. 12 Dec. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 363 I..should else have stolen a word from the French, and have said, une trouvaille.]
1842 W. M. Thackeray Fitz-Boodle's Profess. i The plebs have robbed us of that trade among others, nor, I confess, do I much grudge them their trouvaille.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xi. 94 My dear, you are a perfect trouvaille.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 523 The trouvaille proved to be the first edition of Shakspere.
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