WINDFALL

boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce

(noun) 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”

windfall

(noun) fruit that has fallen from the tree

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

windfall (plural windfalls)

Something that has been blown down by the wind.

A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.

(figuratively) 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.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

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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.

2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain. He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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