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  piece of work
       n : a product produced or accomplished through the effort or
           activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not
           regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the
           symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was
           indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work
           of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind
           or water over time" [syn: work]

  piece of work
     n.
     1 A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or
  craft.
     2 (lb en idiomatic often derogatory) A person who has a strong and
  unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character
  flaws (e.g. ''a nasty piece of work''). (This sense came about due to
  Hamlet’s monologue (see sense 1 above)).

  piece of work
     n.
     1 A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or
  craft.
     2 (lb en idiomatic often derogatory) A person who has a strong and
  unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character
  flaws (e.g. ''a nasty piece of work''). (This sense came about due to
  Hamlet’s monologue (see sense 1 above)).

  piece of work
     n.
     1 A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or
  craft.
     2 (lb en idiomatic often derogatory) A person who has a strong and
  unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character
  flaws (e.g. ''a nasty piece of work''). (This sense came about due to
  Hamlet’s monologue (see sense 1 above)).

  piece of work
     n.
     1 A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or
  craft.
     2 (lb en idiomatic often derogatory) A person who has a strong and
  unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character
  flaws (e.g. ''a nasty piece of work''). (This sense came about due to
  Hamlet’s monologue (see sense 1 above)).

  piece of work
     Englanti n.
     1 teos, erityisesti taideteos tai käsityö
     2 (''idiomi'') varsinainen sankari, erikoinen pakkaus
  (hankalaluonteisesta tai omalaatuisesta ihmisestä)

  piece of work /pˈiːs ɒv wˈɜːk/
  Arbeitsstück 
     Synonyms: work item, work-piece
  
   see: pieces of work, work items