piece of goods

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piece of goods

noun pieces of goods

  1. obsolete, slang A person, especially one with undesirable flaws or other notable characteristics. 'Well, upon my word,' exclaimed the father, taking the pipe from his mouth, and staring aghast at his daughter in a stupor of indignant surprise, 'you're a pretty article; you're a nice piece of goods for a man to bring up and waste his substance upon […]
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, of, goods. Usually a silk salesman, a man is accustomed to take his piece of goods and handle them, and roll them out and show them to his customers, […]

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@misc{piece_of_goods_2026,
  title = {piece of goods},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piece%20of%20goods},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}