- Meaning: unexpected good fortune (originally means ripened fruits that fall from the tree)
- In Hong Kong slang: 筍野, 無啦啦執到, 粗野(as in 撈粗野), 淨袋
- In decent Chinese: 意外收穫, 意外之財
- Where we first met: The Scotsman.com - a lady who won a fortune in a lucky draw donates her windfall to charity.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
windfall
Monday, March 13, 2006
wee -- weer, weest
- Meaning:
- adj: tiny (in size)
- adj: very early (in time)
- n: brief period of time (Scottish usage)
- v: urinate
- Example:
- Dor Dor is a wee dog.
- At the wee hour of the morning ...
- Where we first met: film review on Greyfriars Bobby (a British film about a famous Edinburgh Dog)
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