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PIECE DE RESISTANCE

Posted by Exiled on fleet street on January 15, 2007

What is the meaning of this phrase? I remember a pub bore telling me it was French for Torture Chamber - "piece" meaning room, and "resistance" referring to the resistance of the person being interrogated, which presumably would be overcome through torture. Is there any truth to this?

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