trouvaille

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A jeweler was accordingly summoned, who, by the application of acids and a file, soon proved conclusively to the authorities that the precious trouvaille was a worthless piece of imitation.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various

Pray let me know, at your leisure, what you think of this trouvaille.

From Old Friends, Epistolary Parody by Lang, Andrew

"You can scarcely imagine what it is on a bright day," said Janet, eager, as people always are in such circumstances, to show off her trouvaille.

From Uncanny Tales by Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa

I once found a summer duck's nest within a quarter of a mile of our house, but such a trouvaille would be impossible now as Kidd's treasure.

From My Garden Acquaintance by Lowell, James Russell

All the men frankly desired to see the trouvaille at close quarters, and most of the women wanted a peep, though they weren't brutally open about it.

From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)