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(noun) - (1) A feminine masterpiece; after masterpiece. Compare French maîtresse pièce, the principle piece of a work; 1640s to early 1900s.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1908
(2) Rosamund . . . being the mistress-piece of beauty in that Age.
--Thomas Fuller's History of the Worthies of England, 1662
January 17, 2018