Synonyms for handiwork
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : han-dee-wurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæn diˌwɜrk |
Définition of handiwork
Origin :- late 12c., from Old English handgeweorc, from hand (n.) + geweorc, collective form of weorc "work" (see work). Old English ge- regularly reduces to i- in Middle English, and the word probably came to be felt as handy + work.
- noun personal work
- He brought in the result of his handiwork, as smiling as a basket of chips.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- Wat, who had artistically applied the make-up, viewed his handiwork with admiration.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- The hands of society are harsh, and this man was a striking sample of its handiwork.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Then the three men surveyed their handiwork with much satisfaction.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Just about every man in the neighborhood was wearing her handiwork on his body.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- It is no compliment to the Creator to depreciate His handiwork.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- The cross-stitch "tidy" on the back was his mother's handiwork, she had made it when she was fifteen.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- She stepped back to view her handiwork, and laughed nervously.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- “Not bad––not bad at all,” he frankly admired his own handiwork at the finish.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- If this be "Nature's handiwork," thought I, "it is the strangest thing I ever saw."
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
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