plural of piece-bag

A bag for carrying pieces of material.

A personal share of a limited resource. / (idiomatic, one's share from the financial proceeds of illicit activity) A piece of the action. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, pie.

(idiomatic) A portion of the monetary gains or other benefits produced by some venture or activity; a share of participation in a venture or activity.

(informal) A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a highly unfavorable manner. / (slang) A sexual partner to whom one has no particular emotional attachment.

(slang) A beautiful woman.

(carpentry) The horizontal timber supporting the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported.

A trick or routine that a person uses to entertain others.

A strap passing over the shoulder and joining the front and back part of a garment.

(construction) A piece of timber laid on a brick wall, or on a frame, to carry one or more beams.