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trouvaille
trou·vaille [ troo v ] (plural trou·vailles)


noun 
Definition:
 
chance discovery: something interesting, amusing, or beneficial discovered by chance
The anecdote was one of her many literary trouvailles.
[Mid-19th century. < French, "a find"]
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