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handwork

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hand·work  (hndwûrk)
n.
Work done by hand rather than by machine.
handwork
Noun
work done by hand rather than by machine
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Noun1.handworkhandwork - a work produced by hand labor
handcraft, handicraft, handiwork
piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"
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The musty ancient beds remained in the chambers, and their quilts and curtains and canopies were decorated with curious handwork, and the walls and ceilings frescoed with historical and mythological scenes in glaring colors.
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