trouvaille

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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

In fact, I had not a single trouvaille.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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 broke into her sister's confidences now; she announced her trouvaille and did battle for it bravely.

From The Reverberator by James, Henry

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