Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, involving, or engaged in handicrafts or the decorative arts.
- adjective Self-consciously artistic; arty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not comparable Related to
arts and crafts ; crafted or decorated manually by anartisan . - adjective comparable, often derogatory Crafted in an
excessively decorated manner;trivial oraffected in design or execution (in comparison to other artistic products).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming
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Examples
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I was an artsy-craftsy bookworm; I never really knew what to do with dolls anyway other than change their outfits.
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In his 1967 oral history Division Street: America, Studs Terkel described Chicago's Old Town neighborhood as an "artsy-craftsy area ... with coffee houses, artists 'studios, antique shops, restaurants, etc."
Christopher Devine: Of No Fixed Address: A Christmas To Remember 2009
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Following Jeffrey Yamaguchi's outstanding interview, I'd like to offer a few more 52 Projects-approved links for your artsy-craftsy pleasure.
More Crafty Links 2006
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Some writers think MFA's are artsy-craftsy factories while others see writing school as a ticket out of their day-job routine.
Author Donald Ray Pollock on the Pros and Cons of the MFA Experience 2008
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Following Jeffrey Yamaguchi's outstanding interview, I'd like to offer a few more 52 Projects-approved links for your artsy-craftsy pleasure.
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Some writers think MFA's are artsy-craftsy factories while others see writing school as a ticket out of their day-job routine.
Author Donald Ray Pollock on the Pros and Cons of the MFA Experience 2008
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Some writers think MFA's are artsy-craftsy factories while others see writing school as a ticket out of their day-job routine.
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Following Jeffrey Yamaguchi's outstanding interview, I'd like to offer a few more 52 Projects-approved links for your artsy-craftsy pleasure.
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Easton is part of the Know More Media family, and his blog makes a nice business counterpoint to my artsy-craftsy musings. related entries
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We're artsy-craftsy and photo folks rather than ruins or museum types, though we will hit both when the guidebooks say they are must-sees.
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