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piecemeal

piecemeal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope.
  2. 2.Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts." Gov. of Tongue.
  3. 3.A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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