Meaning Of The Word Conversation piece

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conversation piece in American English
a type of genre painting, popular in the 18th cent., which shows a group of people in an appropriate setting
noun: any object that arouses comment because of some striking or unusual quality

conversation piece in British English
noun: something, esp an unusual object, that provokes conversation

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