trouvaille

[ French troo-vee ]

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.

Example Sentences

But through climate-friendly techniques and a little help from the Agriculture Department, Ms. Klaunig now grows heirloom vegetables, raises grass-fed cows and goats, and makes small-batch chocolate on her farm in Appalachia, named Trouvaille, or “lucky find.”

From New York Times

“I have had to walk clients through some of the most basic travel questions,” says Davis, founder and CEO of the travel agency Trouvaille Travel International.

From Washington Post

“Many foreign carriers have better reimbursement policies in the event of serious delays or cancellations,” says Kimberly Davis, chief executive of Trouvaille Travel International, a travel consultancy.

From Washington Post

That process took Mallory Shaw, a luxury travel adviser and the owner of the Virtuoso-affiliated Trouvaille Yacht & Travel, around 10 minutes when she popped into a pharmacy between the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.

From New York Times

A space called Trouvaille opened in Omaha last year.

From Washington Times