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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  windfall 
  n  1:  a  sudden  unexpected  piece  of  good  fortune  [syn:  {gravy},  {bunce}, 
  {godsend}] 
  2:  fruit  that  has  fallen  from  the  tree 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Windfall,  IN 
  Zip  code(s):  46076 




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