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museum piece


museum piece

noun

Definition of MUSEUM PIECE

1
: something preserved in or suitable for a museum
2
: one that is out-of-date : a thing of the past
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Examples of MUSEUM PIECE

  1. That old computer will soon be a museum piece.
  2. <that old wooden ironing board she uses is a museum piece>

First Known Use of MUSEUM PIECE

1901

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Rhymes with MUSEUM PIECE

Aragonese, archdiocese, Barcelonese, bureaucratese, companion piece, computerese, crème de cassis, Dodecanese, Indo-Chinese, officialese, Peloponnese, Pentagonese, period piece, secret police, sustained-release, telegraphese, Vietnamese

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