handiwork

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And his handiwork was not like your Moscow handiwork--good only for an hour.

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  1. noun Work performed by hand.
  2. noun The product of a person's efforts and actions.

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  • Much of their handiwork was cloaked in secrecy (like a fascist state).
  • Such goods will have "a high level of handiwork, a lot of decoration (and) nods in the direction of the country in which it is made.",
  • One village we stopped at was a Hmong minority village - quite a lot of tourists clearly stop there as they had all the stalls selling embroidery out - still it was good to be able to identify the Hmong handiwork which is available on the night market as well. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The demanding technique of placing the buttons provides the manufacturer a chance to show its handiwork, according to Karin Schrey of Wittmann in describing the attraction of the line. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • To show off their handiwork, they've got a viewing station set up to play the 2001 Ben Affleck (and the Flecktones) vehicle —  Woot! - One Day, One Deal
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English handiwerk, from Old English handgeweorc : hand, hand + geweorc, work (ge-, collective pref.; see kom in Indo-European roots + weorc, work; see work).

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  1. Formerly also handywork; from Middle English handiwerk, handewerc, hondiwerk, hondiwerc, from Anglo-Saxon handgeweorc (= Old Saxon handgiwerk), work of the hand, from hand, hand, + geweorc, weorc, work (collectively), from ge-, a collective prefix (see -i-), + weorc, work. Cf. hand-work.
 

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/ˈhændɪwərk/
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