trouvaille

American  

[troo-vee] / tru vi /

noun

1. French. a lucky discovery or a found treasure.

   The researcher described her experience finding a long-lost Sappho poem as the trouvaille of a lifetime.

   The flea market has plenty of junk, but there are always some veritable trouvailles: art, antiques, wood carvings, and far more.

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Example Sentences

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

From The Reverberator by James, Henry

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

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

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

It's only that poor Biddy's belle trouvaille has got a heart.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard