| windfall | 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." 2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain. "He had a mighty windfall out of doubt." (B. Jonson) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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