sloyd
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sloyd
1880–85; < Swedish slöjd craft, industrial art, woodworking; cognate with sleight
Example Sentences
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Sometimes we go to the park, but when it storms we are glad to stay in the house and work at sewing or sloyd.
From Gerda in Sweden by McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
In Sweden, likewise, the same principles have been introduced chiefly by Herr Otto Salomon, the director of the great sloyd seminarum at Naas.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Muskett, Philip E.
In 1877 sloyd work was added to the Folk School instruction of Sweden.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
Why, some of those little chaps in the sloyd room can chisel and plane like carpenters.
From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware
The value of playgrounds and gardens in cities, and of children's classes in sloyd or manual training in the country, cannot be over-estimated.
From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Benton, Caroline French
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