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Discover Ludwig"period piece" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is a term that can be used to describe a story or movie that takes place in a specific time period, usually an era in the past. For example, you might describe "Downton Abbey" as a period piece, since it takes place in the early 20th century.
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period piece
noun
A work of art or drama which evokes a particular historical era
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A bubble-gum period piece?
How about a period piece?
It has become a period piece.
But it's not a period piece, exactly.
Now it's a 70s period piece.
Dessert is less of a period piece.
It's very much a period piece.
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Under Sean Holmes's direction, it becomes a hyper-period piece.
This exhibition has a time-capsule, period-piece atmosphere.
Genre: Period-piece comedy.
Genre: Period-piece drama.
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