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pièce de résistance definition

pièce de ré·sis·tance (pyes də rā zēs täns′)

  1. the principal dish of a meal
  2. the main item or event in a series

Etymology: Fr, piece of resistance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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