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

She was evidently a valuable discovery, one of their new treasures, a rare trouvaille of the Mitchells.

From Love at Second Sight by Leverson, Ada

Horace Walpole, who sat near by, joined in the laugh and jeer as soon as he found that the "trouvaille," as he called it, "of his friend Chatterton" was in question.

From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington

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

From The Reverberator by James, Henry

"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