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9 wordies list
windfall |
(n): fruit that has fallen from the tree
(n): edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
(n): a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
(n): an event that happens
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"We be no windfals my Lord; ye must gather us with the ladder of matrimony, or we'l hang till we be rotten. Mons. Indeed that's the way to make ye right openarses... Farewell riddle. Gui. Farewell Medlar."
- 'Bussy d'Ambois III', G. Chapman, 1607.
Also a piece of unexpected good luck, like winning money in a lottery or inheriting.