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Object belonging to a past age
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period piece
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any work of art whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood is an autobiographical memoir by the English wood engraver Gwen Raverat covering her childhood in late 19th Century Cambridge society. The book includes anecdotes about and illustrations of many of her extended family ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an Edwardian period piece EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the three females provide the material that makes Second Lives transcend the normal period piece . ▪ Lehrer, it turns out, was aiming all along for something more than ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A work of art or drama which evokes a particular historical era 2 A work which evokes the era in which it was produced, but may not have any other especial features
Usage examples of period piece.
Set in the early 17th century, _The Monk_ was a period piece even in 1796, yet it contains enough bad attitudes to raise a few hackles even today.
The first kitchen was a period piece in keeping with the overall decor, functional, but intended mainly for effect.
And I feel that I am looking at a period piece, a tableau of that innocent time before Vietnam.
One was a period piece, a daguerreotype of a faded-looking woman in the dress of the middle nineteenth century.
The desk was a cheap reproduction of an Early Exploration period piece.