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  • adjective Alternative form of handmade.

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Examples

  • Now when we use the term hand-made neckties we are talking about a breed apart from the under-$100 machine-made breed of tie.

    Forbes.com: News Will Boehlke 2011

  • The CarboPouch by the Beverage Pouch Group is designed for artisan beermakers, letting them fill you up a six pack to go on-site, making it so the smaller brewers don't need to buy any cumbersome beer-filling assembly line contraptions to ply their hand-made wares.

    Beer in a pouch doesn't add metallic tastes, easy to fill | DVICE 2009

  • This amazing video of shadow hands is actually a VW commercial in praise of the hand-made.

    Jane Chafin: Short Takes: "Art" Videos Jane Chafin 2012

  • This amazing video of shadow hands is actually a VW commercial in praise of the hand-made.

    Jane Chafin: Short Takes: "Art" Videos Jane Chafin 2012

  • She is also an 80-plus-hours-a-week executive at Twitter Inc. She pens welcome notes on her hand-made stationery to all new Twitter employees.

    Stationery's New Followers Katherine Rosman 2011

  • Getty Images The lace appliqué for the bodice and skirt was hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace, reports the Journal's Cecile Rohwedder.

    The Dress 2011

  • It also ties into a hand-made diorama of an Onitsuka Tiger shoe that will be travelling the world as part of the campaign. shape+colour

    The Zodiac Race The Nag 2009

  • In many cases they are recommending the dishwasher, even for hand-made lead crystal.

    A Toast to Change as Crystal Goes Practical J. S. Marcus 2011

  • Every day I will reinvent the dress with layers, accessories and all kinds of accouterments, the majority of which will be vintage, hand-made, or hand-me-down goodies ...

    The Uniform Project The Nag 2009

  • In collaboration with Swedish crystal manufacturer Orrefors, he has created a line of hand-made, blown-crystal stemware in which each stem has its own helpful coaster.

    A Toast to Change as Crystal Goes Practical J. S. Marcus 2011

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