fancywork
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of fancywork
Example Sentences
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The rich powers of her young womanhood longed for occupation, but she could never hypnotize herself with "fancywork."
From Project Gutenberg
He'd seen I don't know how many single females and widows who had the fancywork and crochetin' habit; and they sold him everything they had in stock, and promised more.
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How well the role’s vocal fancywork will suit her voice in the big house remains to be seen, but one way or the other, she instantly becomes a part of Met history.
From New York Times
They embroider, and do other fancywork, and they sing and play.
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There sat Mrs. Buckham in her wheel-chair, surrounded by bright worsteds and fancywork, as busy and smiling as though she had not spent twenty years between that chair and her bed.
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