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Definition someone is a piece of work in British English

someone is a piece of work phrase

phrase
1

used to say that someone is unusually unpleasant or behaves unusually badly

Example

Dee was married to Vernon at one time and she was a piece of work.

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Definition someone is a piece of work in British English