fancywork

[ fan-see-wurk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

fancywork

/ ˈfænsɪˌwɜːk /

First recorded in 1800–10; fancy + work

She lives alone in a little house with a green yard, and keeps a fancywork and millinery store.

Why will dear old ladies cherish these household monsters, festooning them with ribbons and fancywork?

And indeed even as his eyes fell upon my fancywork he seemed to take a new lease of life.

She was not allowed to go to parties, and she had to learn all kinds of fancywork and cooking, and making sauces and everything.

I think I liked the horses and the flowers and the fancywork best.

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