"side piece" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-side piece.ogg [Australia] Forms: side pieces [plural]
Etymology: Jocular reexpression of the concept of a piece of ass on the side. Head templates: {{en-noun}} side piece (plural side pieces)
  1. (slang) A person with whom someone already in a relationship carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair) without having the intention of forming a serious relationship. Not gender specific. Tags: slang Synonyms: mistress, bit on the side, side bitch [vulgar], side chick
    Sense id: en-side_piece-en-noun-DWtR3WZl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Jocular reexpression of the concept of a piece of ass on the side.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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          "ref": "2004, Wendy Williams, Karen Hunter, Wendy's Got the Heat, page 104",
          "text": "I was already putting two and two together that I was just a side piece — a booty call.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Lenora Adams, Baby Girl, page 105",
          "text": "You basically told him you're cool with being his side piece as long you're number one.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Shelly Ellis, The Best She Ever Had, page 246",
          "text": "I'm just tired of being treated like a side piece and not a wife.",
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        "A person with whom someone already in a relationship carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair) without having the intention of forming a serious relationship. Not gender specific."
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        "(slang) A person with whom someone already in a relationship carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair) without having the intention of forming a serious relationship. Not gender specific."
      ],
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          "word": "mistress"
        },
        {
          "word": "bit on the side"
        },
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          "word": "side bitch"
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          "word": "side chick"
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      "tags": [
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          "text": "I was already putting two and two together that I was just a side piece — a booty call.",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Lenora Adams, Baby Girl, page 105",
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          "ref": "2014, Shelly Ellis, The Best She Ever Had, page 246",
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    {
      "word": "mistress"
    },
    {
      "word": "bit on the side"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
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      "word": "side bitch"
    },
    {
      "word": "side chick"
    }
  ],
  "word": "side piece"
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