trouvaille

Example Sentences

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Pray let me know, at your leisure, what you think of this trouvaille.

From Old Friends, Epistolary Parody by Lang, Andrew

All the men frankly desired to see the trouvaille at close quarters, and most of the women wanted a peep, though they weren't brutally open about it.

From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

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

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

"My dear, you are a perfect trouvaille," Miss Crawley would say.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace