单词 | mistress-piece |
释义 | ˈmistress-piece Now rare. [f. mistress after masterpiece. Cf. F. maîtresse pièce the principal piece of a work.] A feminine masterpiece.
a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1649) 175 Mistresse Elizabeth Blunt..was thought, for her rare Ornaments of nature, and education, to be the beauty and Mistresse-peece of her time. a1661Fuller Worthies, Herefordshire (1662) ii. 41 Rosamund..being the Mistress-piece of beauty in that Age. 1902Daily Chron. 24 Mar. 5/1 Those who hold his [Sir Walter Besant's] ‘Dorothy Forster’ to be his mistresspiece. |

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