museum piece



museum piece

An elderly or old-fashioned item or person, as in When are you going to sell that museum piece of a car? or Aunt Jane comes from another era-she's a real museum piece. This expression originated about 1900 for an article valuable enough for museum display but began to be used disparagingly from about 1915.
See also: piece

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Shreya-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Gil (2)GILEnglish
Lecia-English (Rare)
TerrellTER-əl, tə-RELEnglish
Rhianonhri-AN-ahnWelsh
Naldo-Italian