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Definition of Conversation piece
1. Noun. Something interesting that stimulates conversation.
Definition of Conversation piece
1. Noun. An unusual item, such as a painting, or a tabletop knick-knack which encourages comment from visitors, and so helps to break the ice. ¹
2. Noun. A painting of a group of people engaged in conversation or some other activity, popular in 18th century. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conversation Piece
Literary usage of Conversation piece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"Reynolds's Conversation-Piece.—Selwyn s Eccentricities and Witticisms.—-A most
Important Communication.—An Amateur Headsman.—The Eloquence of Indifference. ..."
2. The Wits and Beaus of Society by A. T. Thomson (1890)
"Selwyn's Blasphemous Freak.—The Profession of a Wit.—The Thirst for Hazard.—Reynolds's
Conversation-Piece. ..."
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