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godsend
 
SYLLABICATION:god·send
PRONUNCIATION:  gdsnd
NOUN: Something wanted or needed that comes or happens unexpectedly.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration of Middle English goddes sand, God's message : goddes, genitive of God, God; see god + sand, message (from Old English; see sent- in Appendix I).
 
 
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