handiwork
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diˌwɜrk noun
1.
work done by hand.
2.
the characteristic quality of a particular doer or maker: In all of Mozart's music we discover the handiwork of a genius.
3.
the result of work done by hand: woven mats and other handiwork.
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| —n | |
| 1. | work performed or produced by hand, such as embroidery or pottery |
| 2. | the result of the action or endeavours of a person or thing |
| [Old English handgeweorc, from | |
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Handiwork
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
handiwork
c.1175, from O.E. handgeweorc, from hand + geweorc, collective form of weorc "work."
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Example sentences
Once they engineer a microbe, they start to lose control of their handiwork.
Yet they were the handiwork of the same genes that build our own eyes, and they relied on the same light-sensing opsins.
You'll also see the handiwork and artistic and culinary skills of fellow residents.
The shoes exported required much handiwork which was not possible in the factory set-up.
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