Definitions
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- noun
Skill withwords ; crafty or clever use of words or speech,rhetoric .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sound and shapes of our language are largely due to Tyndale's wordcraft and the peculiar working of his genius.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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His wordcraft is so integrated, so thoroughly interfused into our speech, so much a part of the sound we make, we are hardly aware of it.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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His wordcraft is so integrated, so thoroughly interfused into our speech, so much a part of the sound we make, we are hardly aware of it.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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His wordcraft is so integrated, so thoroughly interfused into our speech, so much a part of the sound we make, we are hardly aware of it.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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The sound and shapes of our language are largely due to Tyndale's wordcraft and the peculiar working of his genius.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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The sound and shapes of our language are largely due to Tyndale's wordcraft and the peculiar working of his genius.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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SF changed from being my sanctuary of escape to being a place of reflection, and Ellison's work became a major influence on my writing, teaching me more about life and wordcraft than just about any other author.
MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 2 of 2) 2009
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The Los Angeles Times called it “A staggering feat of wordcraft.”
Book review: Wicked by Gregory Maguire ewillett 2009
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It's a staggering feat of wordcraft, made no less so by the fact that its boundaries were set decades ago by somebody else.
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His wordcraft is so integrated, so thoroughly interfused into our speech, so much a part of the sound we make, we are hardly aware of it.
David Teems: The Other English William David Teems 2012
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