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pièce de résistance

noun
/piˈɛs də ɹəˈzɪs.tɑ̃s/

Etymology

Borrowed from French pièce de résistance; the first use of this phrase in English appears in 1789 in Richard Cumberland's novel Arundel.

  1. borrowed from pièce de résistance

Definitions

  1. A masterpiece

    A masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime.

    • The pièce de résistance was the workbench, easily a hundred years old.

  2. The chief dish at a dinner.

    • Our pièce de résistance was a traditional preparation of poularde de Bresse en vessie: an entire chicken, stuffed with truffles and foie, steamed inside an inflated pig’s bladder in a bath of liquor and still more truffles.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA