Because he so far forgot himself as to tell you a true piece of autobiography upon the occasion when he first met you, and I dare say he has many a time regretted it since.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
They were of great service to me, and especially that one incidentally truthful piece of biography of Stapleton’s.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a “Penang lawyer.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
If any possible doubt remained it is settled by the fact that ‘keep away’ and ‘from the’ are cut out in one piece.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— a part of a whole
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Macmillan
— an individual object of a particular type
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Other Word Forms
pieced
pieces
piecing
Usage
4 uses of ‘piece’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle