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museum piece
museum piecen.1. One that is worth keeping or showing in a museum.2. One that is old-fashioned: "[The show] is a living museum piece, a piece of Americana from another era" (Patti Hartigan).museum piece n 1. (Education) an object of sufficient age or interest to be kept in a museum 2. informal a person or thing regarded as antiquated or decrepit muse′um piece`
n. 1. something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum. 2. something very old-fashioned or decrepit. [1900–05] Translationsmuseum piece
museum pieceSomeone or something that is particularly aged or old-fashioned (thus likened to something belonging in a museum). Wow, where'd you get this museum piece? Does it even still work? My grannie is a museum piece of the intolerance and bigotry of the 1950s.See also: museum, piecemuseum pieceAn elderly or old-fashioned item or person, as in When are you going to sell that museum piece of a car? or Aunt Jane comes from another era-she's a real museum piece. This expression originated about 1900 for an article valuable enough for museum display but began to be used disparagingly from about 1915. See also: museum, piecemuseum piece, aAn old-fashioned or decrepit item or person. Basically this term is a genuine description of an item of value or rarity that was used ironically or pejoratively from about 1915 on. John Galsworthy used it in Swan Song (1928): “The girl and her brother had been museum pieces, two Americans without money to speak of.”See also: museummuseum piece
museum piece an object of sufficient age or interest to be kept in a museum |