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   Piecemeal , adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. mlum, dat. pl. of ml part. See Meal a portion.]
   In pieces; in parts or fragments. “On which it piecemeal brake.”  
   Chapman.
   
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   The beasts will tear thee piecemeal.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
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   Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that.
   Pope.
   
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   Piecemeal, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. “These piecemeal guilts.”  
   Gov. of Tongue.
   
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   Piecemeal, n. A fragment; a scrap.
   R. Vaughan.
   
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