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windfall
noun
(countable) a fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind
They couldn't reach the branches, so they ate the
windfalls
.
(countable) a sudden large benefit; especially an influx of money
2004:
w: Chris Wallace (journalist), Chris Wallace,
Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
: Businessmen rushed to get every last commodity aboard a departing ship, hoping for a once the world realized these would be the very last sacks of flour available, thus driving up prices.
Etymology:
A compound word from wind + fall
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