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something that is of great benefit

It proved such a financial boon that when the family's third son was born that year, Elias in gratitude wanted to name him Columbus.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City

Vouchsafe me, for my meed, but one fair look; A smaller boon than this I cannot beg, And less than this, I am sure, you cannot give.
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Nothing wrong when prohibition is mocked by women—when the greatest boon ever granted this country is derided and beaten down and cheated?
Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
It was a grand boon doubtless; and independence would be glorious — yes, I felt that — that thought swelled my heart.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
Pardon, dear madam; Yet to be known shortens my made intent: My boon I make it that you know me not Till time and I think meet.
William Shakespeare -- King Lear
"Your gifts weren't a boon?"
Gail Carson Levine -- Ella Enchanted
For a researcher, this is a remarkable boon.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
Smith wrote: I was born Perry Edward Smith Oct. 27 1928 in Huntington, Elko County, Nevada, which is situated way out in the boon docks, so to speak.
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
Their result is a lord, a general, or a boon companion.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Society and Solitude
W, a, tJAMES: I only meant that Miss Sullivan is a boon.
William Gibson -- The Miracle Worker
It was a boon he could not have anticipated.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
I beg you, sir, as a boon, a favour to myself.'
Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
The first boon has been that when the flu arrived on campus last week, we knew in minutes who brought it.
Dave Eggers -- The Circle
She told him of a young woman who had been granted a boon.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
His thinness was a boon to him then, the bones and muscles clearly distinguished beneath the skin.
Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
And think of what a boon it will be to Czech historians of the future.
Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Bid her for thy sake, for a daughter's boon...... JASON.
Euripides -- Medea
This will be a boon to our defense," Tappan said, smiling and raising his burgundy glass.
Alexs Pate -- Amistad
The Candle is a great boon to mankind, as approved by all men.
Ayn Rand -- Anthem
Now he did not think life was such a boon.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind

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