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  • noun Combat using a sword; swordplay.

Etymologies

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sword +‎ work

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Examples

  • Williams never performed any kind of swordwork professionally and looked forward to learning the new skill for Game of Thrones.

    Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams: I Did Try to Make Arya Left-Handed! 2011

  • For Syrio Forel, I'd say that the first requirement ought to be L33T F3NC1NG SK1LLZ, and that matching the character's appearance to the description ought to be of secondary importance-- the character simply won't be as cool on screen if the actual swordwork is obviously being done by a stuntperson.

    Day 12: Filming the King's arrival 2009

  • Yeah, I helped, and yeah, I read the final ms and pointed out a couple places where I thought the swordwork could be improved, but Braunbeck wrote it.

    If There's Something Strange in Your Neighborhood ... Steve Perry 2007

  • But Arcturus had never possessed anything like Valerian had with his swordwork—something in which he could wholly lose himself and that belonged to him and no one else; in which all that mattered was being fully in the moment and striving for his personal best.

    Shadow Hunters Christie Golden 2007

  • I want you to teach me how to do all that fancy swordwork.

    My Seduction Connie Brockway 2004

  • I want you to teach me how to do all that fancy swordwork.

    My Seduction Connie Brockway 2004

  • I want you to teach me how to do all that fancy swordwork.

    My Seduction Connie Brockway 2004

  • There's no fancy swordwork going on; there's no room for it, you're mashed in with a bunch of other people, all whacking away.

    Owlsight Lackey, Mercedes 1998

  • She couldn't match even Kira in swordwork, but she was wickedly accurate with a snowball and was endlessly inventive in coming up with new amusements to act out.

    Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998

  • His hands no longer possessed the strength or flexibility for swordwork, but the two long knives he had carried for well over thirty years had surprised more than one swordsman.

    A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

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