Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A part forming the side of something else.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A piece forming a side or part of a side, or fixed by the side, of something.
- noun In entomology, a pleurite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Joinery) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a part forming a
side of something - noun The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I need three hundred dollars for an abortion for the sidepiece chick.
Platinum Aliya S. King 2010
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I need three hundred dollars for an abortion for the sidepiece chick.
Platinum Aliya S. King 2010
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That sidepiece was the only thing supporting the cakes.
Defying Gravity the hubby of JEN 2009
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That sidepiece was the only thing supporting the cakes.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jen 2009
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I can see him reading the note as he holds it and the bills in one hand, while with the index finger of the other he presses the bridge of his eyeglasses against his nose because he has broken the sidepiece.
Borrowed Finery, A Memoir Fox, Paula 2001
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This sidepiece in the jacket of men and women serves to give the desired width to the garment and the variation in color secured by it is regarded as an addition to the general ornamental effect.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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