piece of eight

Last March they gave Airbus a huge piece of new business, ordering 169 A320s and 65 of the slightly larger A321.

I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!

I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.

When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.

There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.

After an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.