trouvaille

Example Sentences

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I wondered how I could make the most of my trouvaille, and decided that I would call at your hotel with them that afternoon.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas

They were all very kind and enthusiastic, and talked eagerly to each other of a new star, a trouvaille.

From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice

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

The gown I had already discovered—a trouvaille and genuinely of the epoch; an enticing pink silk with glowing shadows.

From The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

It's only that poor Biddy's belle trouvaille has got a heart.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard