handwork
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handwork
Where it comes from
From Middle English hondwerk, from Old English handweorc (“work done by hand; handiwork”), from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką; equivalent to hand + work. Cognate with Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk, Swedish hantverk.
noun handworks
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Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
Similar: handiwork
verb handworks · handworking · handworked
- To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
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title = {handwork},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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