Windfall
“A legacy, or any accidental accession of property.”
Regency Word Wednesday
02 Wednesday Apr 2014
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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02 Wednesday Apr 2014
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
“A legacy, or any accidental accession of property.”
A word we still use here in the UK.
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We use it in the US, too, still–I was surprised to find such a familiar word around 200 years ago 🙂
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Yes, usually windfall is a large amount of money, like a lottery winning!
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