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windfall

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wind·fall  (wndfôl)
n.
1. A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain.
2. Something, such as a ripened fruit, that has been blown down by the wind.
windfall
Noun
1. a piece of unexpected good fortune, esp. financial gain
2. a fruit blown off a tree by the wind
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.windfall - fruit that has fallen from the tree
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
2.windfall - a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
bunce, godsend, gold rush, bonanza, manna from heaven, boom, gravy
happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
windfall
noun godsend, find, jackpot, bonanza, stroke of luck, manna from heaven, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow << OPPOSITE misfortune
Translations

windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] n → golpe m de suerte
windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] n → coup m de chance
windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] wind1 n (money) → unverhoffter Glücksfall m;
(apple) → Fallobst nt
windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] n → colpo di fortuna


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who have found in that which I deemed a happy windfall the source of my destruction.
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The water treatment was new, now, and Tom's low condition was a windfall to her.
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Were the windfall apples being picked up for sauce; were the potatoes thick in the hills; was the corn tosselin' out; were they cuttin' the upper field; were they keepin' fly-paper laid out everywheres; were there any ants in the dairy; was the kindlin' wood holdin' out; had the bank sent the cowpons?
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