trouvaille

Example Sentences

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Your best trouvaille on that expedition was hidden in those undreamed-of nights of moonlight and music.

From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry

The only odd trouvaille that ever fell to me was a clean copy of "La Journee Chretienne," with the name of Leon Gambetta, 1844, on its catholic fly-leaf.

From The Library by Lang, Andrew

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

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

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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

From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice