- conversation piece
- noun Date: 1712 1. a painting of a group of persons in their customary surroundings 2. something (as a novel or unusual object) that stimulates conversation
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
conversation piece
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conversation piece — {n.} Something that interests people and makes them talk about it; something that looks unusual, comical, or strange. * /Uncle Fred has a glass monkey on top of his piano that he keeps for a conversation piece./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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Conversation Piece (song) — Conversation Piece B side of The Prettiest Star by David Bowie Released 6 March 1970 Length 3:05 Label Mercury Writer … Wikipedia
