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artsy-craftsy

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art·sy-craft·sy (ärts-krfts)
adj. Informal
1. Of, involving, or engaged in handicrafts or the decorative arts: an artsy-craftsy camp offering woodworking, basketry, and other activities.
2. Self-consciously artistic; arty.
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Adj.1.artsy-craftsy - pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming
arty-crafty
pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"


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``When we started our senior program they were all artsy-craftsy,'' she said.
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Why are Frank and Stephan so isolated, having lived for almost a year in an artsy-craftsy neighborhood?
The sand in the oyster by Campbell, Patty / The Horn Book Magazine
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