piece de resistance

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Noun	1.	piece de resistance - the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection collector's item, showpiece curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity, oddity - something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting rariora - (plural) rare collector's items
	2.	piece de resistance - the most important dish of a meal dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"

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Kitty and Levin would be of the party, and that this might not be obtrusively evident, there would be a girl cousin too, and young Shtcherbatsky, and la piece de resistance among the guests--Sergey Koznishev and Alexey Alexandrovitch.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Doctor's delicacies but the piece de resistance was undoubtedly the big platter of sea trout.

Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

The latter were gorging themselves upon food and, under the very noses of their white masters, preparing the gruesome feast which is the PIECE DE RESISTANCE that follows a victory in which the bodies of their slain enemies fall into their horrid hands.

The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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