Windfall

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  • windfall: a stroke of unlooked-for good fortune
  • windfall: an apple that is blown from the tree → Garden of Eden → Exsultet (O felix culpa)
    • Notebook (1922-23): 'windfalls (apples)' → Irish Times 30 Oct 1922, 2/5: 'There has been a wonderful crop of apples this year... those that have fallen off in the late storms. "Windfalls," when gathered fresh, may be used in making tarts or puddings'.