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piece of work
noun- a contemptible person UK, 1928
- Your dad’s a real piece of work. — Carl Hiaasen, Tourist Season, p. 210, 1986
- Oh, you’re good, Ted. You’re a real piece of work. — Something About Mary, 1998
- Ralph Sr. was a piece of work: a hardworking, hard-drinking functioning alcoholic. — Ralph “Sonny” Barger, Hell’s Angel, p. 12, 2000
- a killing US
- “ He said if I ever needed a ‘piece of work’ done just call him, Mr. Clean. He would take care of it,” said the undercover detective[.] — Daily News (New York), p. 15, 17 May 2001
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