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单词 pieceways
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piecewaysn.

Brit. /ˈpiːsweɪz/, U.S. /ˈpisˌweɪz/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piece n., -ways comb. form.
Etymology: < piece n. + -ways comb. form. Compare earlier pieceway n.Use in Pennsylvania is perhaps reinforced by analogy with Pennsylvania German schtick wegs part of the way.
U.S. regional.
A short distance; a part of the way. Cf. pieceway n.
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1932 W. Faulkner Light in August i. 9 I was trying to get up the road a pieceways before dark.
1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) VI. 126/1 The mailbox is just a pieceways past the pine tree.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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