piece of work

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piece of work Meaning of "piece of work"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing

Usage(s):

  1. Whittaker Chambers was mostly right about communism and Alger Hiss, but he was a nasty piece of work and no one likes a snitch.
  2. God knows this decision is an ingenious, not to say hilarious, piece of work.
  3. That piece of work experience is tellingly missing from Karr's resume.
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