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

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

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

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

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

From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice