fancywork

[ fan-see-wurk ]

noun

ornamental needlework.

Origin of fancywork

First recorded in 1800–10; fancy + work

Words Nearby fancywork

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How to use fancywork in a sentence

She lives alone in a little house with a green yard, and keeps a fancywork and millinery store.
Song of the Lark | Willa Cather
Why will dear old ladies cherish these household monsters, festooning them with ribbons and fancywork?
Bizarre | Lawton Mackall
And indeed even as his eyes fell upon my fancywork he seemed to take a new lease of life.
It Pays to Smile | Nina Wilcox Putnam
She was not allowed to go to parties, and she had to learn all kinds of fancywork and cooking, and making sauces and everything.
A Little Girl in Old Washington | Amanda M. Douglas
I think I liked the horses and the flowers and the fancywork best.
Anne Of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for fancywork

fancywork

/ (ˈfænsɪˌwɜːk) /

noun

any ornamental needlework, such as embroidery or crochet

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