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pièces de résistance

noun as in creation

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Figs, no longer posing as a pastime of the palate, were accepted seriously as pièces de résistance.

Grasshoppers are to the common myna what bread and meat are to the Englishman, the pièces de résistance of the menu.

Waltzes, "round" and "slow," are the pièces de résistance of a Mexican baile: quadrilles are not relished by the dusky danseuses.

It was a series of "concerts" which brought out, as it were, the pièces de résistance.

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On this page you'll find 89 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pièces de résistance, such as: classic, gem, jewel, monument, treasure, and cream.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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