master-piece

  • 1master-piece — n. 1. Paragon, master stroke, master work, capital performance, principal performance, chef d aeuvre. 2. Chief excellence, forte, chief talent, strong side …

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  • 2Master — A craftsman qualified and experienced enough to take on and train apprentices; one who worked for himself. A master piece was the piece of work requiring the greatest skill by which a man proved himself a master of his craft …

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  • 3master-stroke — n. See master piece …

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  • 4master-work — n. See master piece …

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  • 5Master Peter's Puppet Show — ( El retablo de Maese Pedro ) is a puppet opera in one act with a prologue and epilogue, composed by Manuel de Falla to a Spanish libretto based on an episode from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The libretto is a faithful adaptation of the… …

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  • 6Master of Puppets — Album par Metallica Sortie 21 février 1986 Enregistrement sept. à déc. 1985 Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhague, Danemark …

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  • 7Piece work — or piecework describes types of employment in which a worker is paid a fixed piece rate for each unit produced or action performed. Piece work is also a form of performance related pay (PRP) and is the oldest form of performance pay.In a… …

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  • 8Master of the Five Magics —   Author(s) Lyndon Hardy …

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  • 9Master — Mas ter (m[.a]s t[ e]r), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. me gas. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major},… …

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  • 10Master in chancery — Master Mas ter (m[.a]s t[ e]r), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. ma[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. me gas. Cf. {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude},… …

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