Definitions

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  • verb transitive To manufacture by hand.

Etymologies

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hand +‎ make

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Examples

  • Besides looking like Vegas-y trash, bottom line: when you lie big time & assert that you handmake it all in you lil ole studio, when anyone within the sound of your voice & within range of the product knows it is a damn manufactured piece of crap, then really, what can you believe to be true?

    Regretsy – Wise Old Penguin 2010

  • WILLIS: Are we going handmake -- we're going to handmake all our gifts.

    CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2009 2009

  • Our universal philosophy suggests that embracing methods to handmake your own belongings is fulfilling and thought provoking.

    Make Like a Tree: Part 1 2008

  • Why should a therapist have to rig equipment or handmake tools for therapy when they are clearly needed for the development and sometimes safety of the child…… Families need help!

    What they’ll do to your tax bill 2008

  • Friday, I got a wonderful package from friends, including a beautiful pendant which they handmake.

    *headdesk* BunnyKissd 2008

  • Both groups proudly handmake hats like the one Firefly badass Jayne Cobb Adam Baldwin, pictured wore.

    Crochet community stalking Joss Whedon (with Jayne hats)! | EW.com 2008

  • The sixth course, Advanced Master Farrier, covers more advanced techniques, emphasizes increasing speed of horseshoeing, and requires that students handmake nineteen types of shoe.

    You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

  • The sixth course, Advanced Master Farrier, covers more advanced techniques, emphasizes increasing speed of horseshoeing, and requires that students handmake nineteen types of shoe.

    You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

  • A year or five would be enough to handmake the protocols, to skim the top and identify the treasure's origin in time and space, to learn a secret or two that would make Straumli Realm rich.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • * I use the post office regularly to ship the items I handmake and sell on Etsy.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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