piece of goods
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piece of goods
noun pieces of goods
- 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 […]
- 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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