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handcraftsmanship

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  • noun The position or lifestyle of being a handcraftsman.

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Examples

  • The high standard of quality met by the products is guaranteed by the strong craftsmanship involved in every and each phase of the production: every product is crafted with techniques of the highest skilled handcraftsmanship.

    Interview with Thomas Mylonas, Winner of Europe���s Young Entrepreneurs 2007 and CEO of 3 companies 2009

  • To raise the profit margins that much more, many of the companies quietly began to use lower quality and less costly materials and move their manufacturing to developing nations, where labor is vastly cheaper, and they switched from individual handcraftsmanship to more cost-effective assembly-line production.

    Dana Thomas: The Party's Over 2009

  • Most of those brands hid the fact that their products were no longer produced in Italy, France or Britain -- the only countries, executives insisted publicly, that has the "culture" to produce luxury handcraftsmanship.

    Dana Thomas: The Party's Over 2009

  • LVMH, which prides itself on European handcraftsmanship, also cattily implied that the public should be suspicious of a claim "by a company known for producing most of its merchandise in countries where workers are paid low wages."

    COACH VS. GOLIATH 2007

  • Meticulous handcraftsmanship by artisans who cut their teeth through years within the company are replaced by highly automated factories, run by managers with career backgrounds ranging from tire making to cell phone manufacturing.

    Forbes.com: News On Marketing 2012

  • Experience, handcraftsmanship and recipes that have been handed down generation through generation.

    Documenting Reality TheJoseCuervo 2010

  • He is known for his love of handcraftsmanship and tactile fabrics and his portfolio includes womenswear, menswear, accessories, designing for Waterford Crystal as well as hotel and residential projects.

    Toronto Sun 2010

  • Experience, handcraftsmanship and recipes that have been handed down generation through generation.

    Documenting Reality TheJoseCuervo 2010

  • Experience, handcraftsmanship and recipes that have been handed down generation through generation.

    Documenting Reality TheJoseCuervo 2010

  • Shane Mellott has lived in one rambler or the other his entire life - learning to ride a bike and how to fish while inheriting a gift for handcraftsmanship that spans three generations.

    News for InsideNova.com 2009

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  • This word requires a whopping 13 consonants and a scant 4 vowels to create a 17-letter, 4-syllable word.

    March 21, 2011

  • Quick, make it plural.

    March 21, 2011