Found 2 items, similar to Windfall.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: windfall
windfall
n 1: fruit that has fallen from the tree
2: 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 lik an assembly line”
[syn:
boom,
bonanza,
gold rush,
gravy,
godsend,
manna from heaven,
bunce]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Windfall
Windfall
\Wind"fall`\, n.
1. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a
tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest
prostrated by a violent wind, etc.
“They became a
windfall upon the sudden.” --Bacon.
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2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
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He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. --B. Jonson.
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