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Topic: HISTORY

period piece

 noun
     
period piece [countable]
1SH an old piece of furniture or work of art:
a house furnished with period pieces
2 a film, play, book etc whose story takes place during a particular period in history:
a period piece based on a book by E.M. Forster
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