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pièce d'occasion

pièce d'occasion noun: an artistic composition written for a particular occasion.

Noun

pièce d'occasion (plural pièces d'occasion)

  1. An artistic composition written for a particular occasion.
    • Terence Rattigan’s brittle bitter-sweet comedy The Sleeping Prince (written as a pièce d’occasion for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation) centres on the romance between an American actress (Marilyn Monroe) and a lecherous Balkan guest at the 1911 coronation of George V.1999 March 28, Phillip French, The Guardian
    • In 1756, arch-Jansenist publicist Le Paige produced, under cover of anonymity, a pièce d'occasion, the Lettres sur les lits de justice, which argued, on the basis of impressive antiquarian research, that the ceremony was in fact heir to ancient Frankish assemblies [...].2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 246

Forms of pièce d'occasion

pluralpièces d'occasion

Origin of pièce d'occasion

Borrowed from French pièce d'occasion.

Questions about pièce d'occasion

What does pièce d'occasion mean?
Pièce d'occasion means an artistic composition written for a particular occasion.
What part of speech is pièce d'occasion?
Pièce d'occasion is a noun.
What is the plural of pièce d'occasion?
The plural of pièce d'occasion is pièces d'occasion.

Words near pièce d'occasion in the dictionary

  1. Pizzos
  2. Pizzuti
  3. Pizzutis
  4. Pizzuto
  5. Pizzutos
  6. pièce d'occasion
  7. pièce de conviction
  8. pièce de résistance
  9. pièce montée
  10. pièces d'occasion
  11. pièces de résistance

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