Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun   See draftsmanship .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office, art, or work of a draughtsman.
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- noun UK  Alternative spelling of draftsmanship .
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Examples
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								He himself wished to be an artist - his gift for draughtsmanship is evident in his published works. 
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								I have called draughtsmanship of this quality an inheritance -- I might have called it perhaps with better propriety a monument. First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911 
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								And to him more than any other painter is due the cultured draughtsmanship which is to-day the just pride of the French school. A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894 
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								Stanley Spencer for his paintings of allotments, David Hockney for his draughtsmanship, and baritone and conductor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for his attention to detail. 
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								Lawrence's genius first showed in his draughtsmanship. Thomas Lawrence: The new romantic – review Richard Holmes 2010 
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								It's the place where draughtsmanship meets cartooning that I love. Plenty of Nothing: 2009 
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								The cat is a product of particularly grand draughtsmanship, in which stripes and dots have been delicately assembled to produce a magnificently whiskered tabby. 
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								I am Brazilian and i found your work very interesting, you is excellent, i would like asking for a draughtsmanship of Hayley Willians and one of Amy Wynehouse. thank you for the attention. Say 'Hey'! Dean 2009 
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								Just trying to absorb his draughtsmanship, his product designs, his paintings,sculpture and graphics! Mucha's Epic Vision James Gurney 2009 
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								It's the place where draughtsmanship meets cartooning that I love. 
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