Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.
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- adjective Alternative form of
artsy-craftsy .
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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Lawrence Solomon told me that Mrs. Edward Chesterton did not approve of the rather arty-crafty atmosphere of Bedford Park -- that earliest of Garden Cities, so conventionally unconventional -- where Frances lived.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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Our first stop is Middlebury, home to artisanal bakers, arty-crafty shops and, above all, to the Otter Creek Brewery where, as at every other I visited in the US, I am warmly welcomed.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Once I went to other districts in Shanghai, and met some government officials who are arty-crafty.
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