arts and crafts

arts and crafts

noun
the handcrafting and decoration of especially utilitarian objects.

Origin:
1885–90
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Arts and crafts is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Arts and Crafts
 
pl n
decorative handicraft and design, esp that of the Arts and Crafts movement, in late nineteenth-century Britain, which sought to revive medieval craftsmanship

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