[Fr., f. trouver to find.] A lucky find; a windfall.
[1753. Lady Luxborough, Lett. to Shenstone, 12 Dec. I … should else have stolen a word from the French and have said une trouvaille.]
1842. Thackeray, Profess. Fitz-Boodle, i. The plebs have robbed us of that trade among others, nor, I confess, do I much grudge them their trouvaille. Ibid. (1848), Van. Fair, xi. My dear, you are a perfect trouvaille.
1881. Blackw. Mag., April, 523. The trouvaille proved to be the first edition of Shakspere.
