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arty-crafty

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arty-crafty
adj
Informal affectedly artistic, esp in a homespun or rural style
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Adj.1.arty-crafty - pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming
artsy-craftsy
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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arty-crafty [ˈɑːtɪˈkrɑːftɪ] artsy-craftsy (US) [ˈɑːtsɪˈkrɑːftsɪ] ADJ [style] → con pretensiones artísticas; [person] (= creative) → con inclinación por las manualidades, muy manitas inv; (= keen on craftware) → metido a artesano, enamorado de la artesanía
arty-crafty, (US) artsy-craftsy
adj (inf)
= arty
object → kunstgewerblerisch


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He shows up the arty-crafty hypocrisy of the Bloomsberries, who would disdainfully mock Maynard's money-grubbing work in the City but gave him their cash to invest in short-term speculations.
John Maynard Keynes: The Economist as Saviour 1920-1937 by McInnes, Neil / The National Interest
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