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piece
1. a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc.
2. a literary, musical, or artistic composition
3. a coin having a value as specified
4. a small object, often individually shaped and designed, used in playing certain games, esp board games
5. any chessman other than a pawn
6. Austral and NZ fragments of fleece wool

piece [pēs]
(ordnance)
An artillery weapon, a machine gun, a rifle, or any firearm.


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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.
A piece of matter, as it is known empirically, is not a single existing thing, but a system of existing things.
 
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