Hypertext Webster Gateway: "windfall"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
windfall
n 1: a sudden unexpected piece of good fortune [syn: {gravy}, {bunce},
{godsend}]
2: fruit that has fallen from the tree
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