period piece

period piece

noun

Definition of PERIOD PIECE

: a work (as of literature, art, furniture, cinema, or music) whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period

First Known Use of PERIOD PIECE

1940

Rhymes with PERIOD PIECE

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