Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Decorative needlework, such as embroidery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.
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- noun Decorative
embroidery
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun decorative needlework
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Examples
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Her brother said not to miss inspecting the stock, her niece said the fancywork was the only thing worth looking at and her nephews said she must bring them home an account of the races.
Hillsboro People Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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After a lengthy political standoff, Wisconsin state Senate Republicans used a bit of legislative fancywork to pass a bill this evening that effectively strips public-sector unions of the right to collectively bargain.
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But when she left her fancywork to fetch a length of cloth, I went to work cutting it into long strips.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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But when she left her fancywork to fetch a length of cloth, I went to work cutting it into long strips.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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But when she left her fancywork to fetch a length of cloth, I went to work cutting it into long strips.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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But when she left her fancywork to fetch a length of cloth, I went to work cutting it into long strips.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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They provided adults and children with sports and educational activities, like “instruction in sewing and fancywork like basketry,” on a daily basis and within walking distance of home and work.
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Silent Murf was largely toothless, and the gaze from his eyes diverged in opposing directions; his skinny arms were a fancywork of jailhouse tattoos and what appeared to be scabbed-over claw marks.
Hearts in Exurbia 2009
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Natasha, and about albums and fancywork with Sonya.
War and Peace 2003
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And sitting over her fancywork, into which, being what Richard called “safe as the grave,” she sewed more thoughts than most women: sitting thus, she would say to herself with a half smile and an incredulous shake of the head: “SO silly!”
Australia Felix 2003
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