windfall
/ˈwɪnd.fɔl/ noun C2- Something that has been blown down by the wind.
- The act of something being blown down by wind.
- A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind. · They couldn't reach the branches, so they ate the windfalls.
- A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.
Plural windfalls
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who have found in that which I deemed a happy windfall the source of my destruction.”
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