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piece of cake

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piece   (pēs)   
n.  
  1. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion: a piece of string.

  2. A portion or part that has been separated from a whole: a piece of cake.

  3. An object that is one member of a group or class: a piece of furniture.

  4. An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition: "They are lively and well-plotted pieces, both in prose" (Tucker Brooke).

  5. An instance; a specimen: a piece of sheer folly.

  6. A declaration of one's opinions or findings: speak one's piece.

  7. A coin: a ten-cent piece.

  8. Games

    1. One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games.

    2. Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn.

  9. Slang A firearm, especially a rifle.

  10. Informal A given distance: "There was farm country down the road on the right a piece" (James Agee).

  11. Vulgar Slang A sexually attractive person.

tr.v.   pieced, piec·ing, piec·es
  1. To mend by adding pieces or a piece to.

  2. To join or unite the pieces of: He pieced together the vase. She pieced together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting.


[Middle English pece, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, probably of Celtic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
piece of cake

  1. n.
    something easy to do. : No problem. When you know what you're doing, it's a piece of cake.
  2. exclam.
    It's a piece of cake!; It's easy! (Usually Piece of cake!) : Rescuing drowning cats is my specialty. Piece of cake!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

piece of cake

Something easily accomplished, as in I had no trouble finding your housea piece of cake. This expression originated in the Royal Air Force in the late 1930s for an easy mission, and the precise reference is as mysterious as that of the simile easy as pie. Possibly it evokes the easy accomplishment of swallowing a slice of sweet dessert.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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