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piece
noun- a woman as a sexual object; sex US, 1942
- “She’s nuts but a good piece.” — Irving Shulman, Cry Tough, p. 32, 1949
- He had planned on a quick piece on a deserted stairwell. — Evan Hunter, The Blackboard Jungle, p. 73, 1954
- I said, “Yeah, man. I just had a nice piece last night, a fine bitch, man.” — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, 1965
- [A] beautiful little piece she is[.] — Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge, p. 24, 1968
- He said he fucked your cousin, your brother, and your niece / And he had the nerve enough to ask your grandmom for a piece. — Anonymous ("Arthur"), Shine and the Titanic;The Signifying Monkey; Stackolee, p. 1, 1971
- Whores ought to carry union cards, they were such great actresses, but this piece wasn’t putting on any act at all. — Mickey Spillane, Last Cop Out, p. 151, 1972
- We commenced to trade drags on the Camel and fondle and neck, and then we tore off another piece[.] — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 187, 1977
- Likes to have you around for a quick piece now and then when he feels like it, right? — Saturday Night Fever, 1977
- an ounce of drugs US, 1936
- “ Everyting, she is ready. I have da pieces –pure stuff.” Pieces was an underworld term for ounces. — William J. Spillard and Pence James, Needle in a Haystack, p. 77, 1945
- I want to pick up a piece of H. — William Burroughs, Naked Lunch, p. 213, 1957
- He used to sell half a piece, a whole piece, two-three-four pieces. — Jeremy Larner and Ralph Tefferteller, The Addict in the Street, p. 201, 1964
- He bought heroin in “pieces” (ounces), cut it, bagged it, and handed it over on consignment to a handful of pushers. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 19, 1966
- Ya mean ya wanna buy a piece and push it for yourself? — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 201, 1967
- A fin for a number-five cap. A sixteenth for a “C.” A piece for a grand. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 128, 1969
- The dealer-in-weight sells by the piece (about an ounce) to street dealers. The street dealer (or dealer) buys the piece and then steps on it. — Burgess Laughlin, Job Opportunities in the Black Market, p. 6, 1978
- cocaine UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 281, 2003
- crack cocaine UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 282, 2003
- a handgun US, 1930
Conventional English from C16 until the late C19, then dormant, then slang, chiefly used in the US. - It was a bad break for Cheyenne that he had happened to be picked up with a “piece” on him. — Harrison E. Salisbury, The Shook-up Generation, p. 8, 1958
- I went up to him, and I said, “I got to get me a piece, baby.” — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 176, 1965
- New York is death on a nigger with a gun, so I’m leaving my piece with you. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 41, 1973
- Then I started smoking with both pieces. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 32, 1975
- You carry a piece? You need one? — Taxi Driver, 1976
- Just back me up like you’ve got a piece. — 48 Hours, 1982
- And the big kid reaches in his coat, pulls out a little piece, like a twenty-two. — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 119, 1989
- I’ve been in the field 33 years, fired my piece 23 times in the line of duty, and I got no idea what a blind man fetching bricks has gotta do with being a Special Agent. — Point Break, 1991
- a knife US
- “This shit don’t look right. We need our pieces,” I say. — Colton Simpson, Inside the Crips, p. 271, 2005
- a snack US, 1970
- — Claudio R. Salvucci, The Philadelphia Dialect Dictionary, p. 52, 1996
- a slice of bread, especially bread and spread; a sandwich UK: SCOTLAND, 1787
Originally just “a slice of bread”. Also seen in English dialect use from Northumbria to Cornwall. - These pieces, Da. They’re minging! — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
- (especially with children) a sandwich AUSTRALIA
Used in the south and west of mainland Australia. - We always referred to a sandwich as a piece. e.g. May I have a piece please? I lived in Adelaide & that was always what we asked for on coming home from school. — www.abc.net.au/wordmap, 2003
- a well executed work of graffiti art US, 2001
An abbreviation of “masterpiece”. - Pieces, short for “masterpieces,” are the names, usually consisting of four or more letters, that are painted on the outside of subway trains. — Craig Castleman, Getting Up, p. 31, 1982
- I have been picked up and arrested by cops and, although they realized very well that I was King Pin, they let me only pay for the piece I did that night. — Henry Chalfant, Spraycan Art, p. 10, 1987
- Tey started with insides, then throw ups and outlines on the nice white trains, and soon went to pieces. — Stephen Power, The Art of Getting Over, p. 122, 1999
- Straddling the middle ground are men like Poke, a 27-year-old West Sider who considers himself a skilled artist–able to quickly get his name up, as well as craft more intricate “pieces,” graffiti shorthand for masterpieces. — Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), p. L1, 29 July 2001
- a domicile, be it a room, apartment or house US
- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
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