trouvaille

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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

For the while I leave the reader to guess how and in what corner of the coast I happened on the following pendant to Mr. Dobell's trouvaille.

From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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)

He presented it to an only languidly entertained neighborhood as a trouvaille of his own choice.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

On this particular occasion, the day after the kardouon's trouvaille, Xaïloun actually found the usually wide-awake animal sleeping.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George