piece of work

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft.
A person who has a strong and unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character flaws.

En-au-piece of work.ogg

piece of work pieces of work

First use appears c. 1473. The idiomatic second sense came about due to Hamlet’s monologue. See cite from sense 1 below.

labor

workpiece

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