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Definition of piece of work

piece of work

noun

  • a difficult person.
    He's a real piece of work.

    Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Dan M. from Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, USA on Oct 04 2002.

  • an outlandish person.

    Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Dan M. from Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, USA on Oct 04 2002.

  • a person who has one or more extreme (and usually negative) characteristics.
                                                                   

                                                  

    Citation from "The Cop", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 8 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Dec 20 2010. Submitted by Marion J. on Aug 10 2005.

  • a person who is interesting or amusing.
    You're a real piece of work, man.

    Last edited on Sep 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 10 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'of':

Definitions include: a worthless person.
Definitions include: sexual activity.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a little crazy
Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
Definitions include: "not all there".
Definitions include: skittish.
Definitions include: an amount of violence.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: many.
Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.

Other terms relating to 'piece':

Definitions include: a worthless person.
Definitions include: to have sex with someone.
Definitions include: a person or thing that's amazing or sneaky.
Definitions include: an attractive female; "a 10".
Definitions include: a hat.
Definitions include: an unimportant news article.
Definitions include: Pot and anything needed to smoke it.
Definitions include: to share one's negative feelings.
Definitions include: acronym for "hot piece of ass".
Definitions include: to love very much.
Definitions include: a graffiti mural.
Definitions include: slang for "a piece of crap" used when describing something worthy of being called a big hunk of crap.
Definitions include: an attractive person.
Definitions include: something easy.
Definitions include: something displeasing or of poor quality.

Other terms relating to 'work':

Definitions include: menial work.
Definitions include: work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note.
Definitions include: to take a dump.
Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work".
Definitions include: unofficial task done in the workplace.
Definitions include: profession.
Definitions include: acronym for "not safe for work".
Definitions include: acronym for "not work safe".
Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work."
Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
Definitions include: means something is hella good.
Definitions include: acronym for "work from home" or "working from home".
Definitions include: acronym for "works for me".
Definitions include: acronym for "Work In progress."

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