trouvaille

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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

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

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

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