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godsend
UK /ˈɡɒdsɛnd/ US /ˈɡɑdˌsɛnd/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
hot
VERB + GODSEND
offer, tops
GODSEND + NOUN
countries, summer, you're
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.
"You do, indeed, seem to take it to heart!" exclaimed the actress, an expression of jealous anger crossing her features; "why, it is quite a God-send for you! many a heart is caught in the rebound.[…]"
[O]nce again, as in 1803, we were on the brink of being sacrificed to the very lunacies of retrenchment. By a mere god-send, more troops happened to arrive from the Indian continent.
2
An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.
Its seldom sic [such] rich Godsends come on our coast—no since the Jenny and James came ashore in King Charlie's time.
3
A person who provides greatly needed assistance.
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"You do, indeed, seem to take it to heart!" exclaimed the actress, an expression of jealous anger crossing her features; "why, it is quite a God-send for you! many a heart is caught in the rebound.[…]
Wiktionary02
[O]nce again, as in 1803, we were on the brink of being sacrificed to the very lunacies of retrenchment. By a mere god-send, more troops happened to arrive from the Indian continent.
Wiktionary03
By this time my wife was in Barcelona and used to send me tea, chocolate, and even cigars when such things were procurable; but even in Barcelona everything was running short, especially tobacco. The
Wiktionary04
It's a godsend.
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It was a godsend.
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The Apollo 13 movie was a godsend because it gave the young people who weren’t even born at the time a chance to find out what was really happening back then.
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