master-piece

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English

Noun

master-piece (plural master-pieces)

  1. Obsolete form of masterpiece.
    • 1785, James Ridgway, A Dictionary of Literary Conversation‎[1]:
      An invidious, malicious song, replete with the sharpest terms, is, according to them, the master-piece of human wit.

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