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Definition
a sudden happening that brings good fortune — especially wealthor:
an especially rich vein of precious ore such as gold or silver
Bonanza was also the name of a famous western cowboy television series that ran 14 seasons until 1973 and is still in syndication.
- proved to be a bonanza for the local residents
- Birthday parties were bonanzas for him.John Grogan -- Marley & Me
- Eating lunch at Bonanza and having their portraits taken in matching sweaters.Rainbow Rowell -- Eleanor & Park
- For them it was just a new wrinkle in a ratings bonanza, but it was much better than Nick, did you kill your wife?Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- "And break it out? and walk off with it for a hundred yards?" demanded Matthewson, a Bonanza King, he of the seven hundred vaunt.Jack London -- The Call of the Wild
- Tip-wise, Saturday night had been a bonanza, but Friday had been disappointing, which was why she'd resolved to stick it out one last night.Nicholas Sparks -- The Best of Me
- Terry Wickett, one of the chemists here, calls this 'Bonanza Hall.'Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
- "for the cops it was a bonanza," Bratton writes.Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
- I told her I worked at Shirt Bonanza, downstairs, and could get her some overstock maybe.Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
- Its tax revenues have given the county a bonanza for roads and the highest per capita school expenditure in the state.Robert MacNeil and William Crane -- Do You Speak American?
- Sidney got Oz confused with an episode from "Bonanza."Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- He called me the next day and we went to lunch at Bonanza.Willie & Korie Robertson -- The Duck Commander Family
- There just aren't going to be any one-man bonanzas.Robert Penn Warren -- All the King's Men
- 50 in her pocket, a bonanza!Judy Blume -- In the Unlikely Event
- To them, as soon as gold was discovered, were added /bonanza/, /eldorado/, /placer/ and /vigilante/.Henry L. Mencken -- The American Language
- The tax cuts that are hampering America's schools have proved to be a marketing bonanza for companies like Exxon, Pizza Hut, and McDonald's.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Oedipa had planned on nothing more involved that evening than watching Bonanza on the tube.Thomas Pynchon -- The Crying of Lot 49
- These new GMO seeds could be a bonanza for the seed companies.Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- Even though it was hardly what you might call a bonanza.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- Sometimes Francie came across a bonanza: the bottom of a discarded wash boiler.Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn