trouvaille

Example Sentences

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The trifling incident of the goat's rescue and the chain's trouvaille, slight as they were, still were of service to him.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

Of course, after such a trouvaille and such a subscription, he relished his breakfast exceedingly.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

She broke into her sister's confidences now; she announced her trouvaille and did battle for it bravely.

From The Reverberator by James, Henry

Mais ... c’est dans le vieux drame grec comme dans la comédie du maître français une trouvaille de génie....

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

"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