conversation piece

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   something interesting that stimulates conversation

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Questions about conversation piece

What does conversation piece mean?

conversation piece means "something interesting that stimulates conversation".

Is conversation piece a common word?

conversation piece is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.