maestropiece

Noun

maestropiece (plural maestropieces)

1. (humorous, rare) An outstanding work of a maestro.
   • On da Av’noo D near Ten street Peno wida all heesa granda, magnifique muscle was grind out Signor Tomaso Mascagni’s maestropiece, ‘Cavallierre Rusticana,’ when long coma half doz verra bad Americano kid wid da snowball.1901 February 23, “Rocco Threw the Brick, but He Will Never Throw Another”, in The Bayonne Herald and Greenville Register, 34th year, number 2033, Bayonne, N.J., →OCLC, page 4, column 4
   • As he made the last stroke, with an artist’s flourish, he turned to his colleague (who has been industriously keeping his track to the grindstone all this time)[,] tapped him on the shoulder and displayed the single, unbroken piece of peeling as a maestro would unveil his maestro[-]piece.1938 March 4, “Scene and Unseen”, in The San Francisco News, volume 36, number 54, San Francisco, Calif., →OCLC, page 12, columns 5–6