trouvaille

Example Sentences

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

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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

A jeweler was accordingly summoned, who, by the application of acids and a file, soon proved conclusively to the authorities that the precious trouvaille was a worthless piece of imitation.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various

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

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