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handwork

noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about handwork at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.

verb

  1. To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.

Origin

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.

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