pièce de résistance
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Pièce de résistance
A masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetimeA masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime.
/piˈɛs də ɹəˈzɪs.tɑ̃s/
Meaning
2 sensesA masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime.
Pièce de résistance
The chief dish at a dinner.
Translations
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By meaning 1
masterpiece:
Origin
Borrowed from French pièce de résistance; the first use of this phrase in English appearsBorrowed from French pièce de résistance; the first use of this phrase in English appears in 1789 in Richard Cumberland's novel Arundel.
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