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Meanings of piece de resistance in English
Synonyms
Examples for "showpiece"
Examples for "showpiece"
1
All just seven days out from the showpiece of the hurling year.
2
It was by far the tallest building on the block, a showpiece.
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She's just a showpiece for him, and she looks great in clothes.
4
Now, 26 years on, this club has another showpiece event to relish.
5
Australia's story at football's showpiece event is one of triumph and despair.
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Might help keep them alive or become a bona fide collector's item.
2
It was a real collector's item, and would probably become a classic.
3
It'll become a collector's item, worth much more than the original cost.
4
The archetypal tale and the exquisite artwork make a collector's item of M.C.
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Instead, they become a kind of collector's item.
Usage of piece de resistance in English
1
One becomes sated with an interminable piece de resistance of full dress.
2
Of course, the piece de resistance is that gotcha Giuliani scene.
3
The ' piece de resistance' of the back wing, is the eyespot.
4
Exquisite interiors aside, the piece de resistance must be the Croc bowling alley.
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For the piece de resistance I goaded him into chin-ups.
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And then came the piece de resistance, performed by his boyfriend, the German DJ.
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By A. London: 1852) the piece de resistance was not the happiest selection.
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Doctor's delicacies but the piece de resistance was undoubtedly the big platter of sea trout.
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Each family is an authority in itself as to the choice of the piece de resistance.
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The piece de resistance was a hunko de boeuf boile, flanked with some old clinging stuff.
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The piece de resistance at Jackalope is the damn beautiful pool and spa overlooking the vines.
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But the piece de resistance would have to be the double walk in-robes in the master bedroom.
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That means you'll please get the wood while I clean the ' piece de resistance' of our dinner.
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Tropical Truth 4: And of course, the final truth about Australia, the piece de resistance; all the chores.
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Now followed the piece de resistance.
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I refer to the sharks' fins, and birds' nest-theEastern counterpart of the Western piece de resistance-theterrapin.