pièce d'occasion
noun
something prepared or used for a special occasion.
pièces d'occasion
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pluralof pièce d'occasion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And some — particularly pièces d’occasion like the larky “Soundings,” written for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2003 — are understandably obscure.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
The program is made up of 11 pièces d’occasion composed and performed by artists including Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson and Steve Reich — among other luminaries like Louis Andriessen, John Adams and Randy Newman.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2016
With Beethoven, a later work, unless it be one of his few pièces d'occasion, means a fuller revelation of his genius.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by J. S. (John South) Shedlock
Of the third category, the pièces d'occasion, little need be said: I may refer readers to my notes on the doggrels in vol. ii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
