| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| handiwork |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hand·i·work |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h n d -wûrk |
| NOUN: | 1. Work performed by hand. 2. The product of a person's efforts and actions. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English handiwerk, from Old English handgeweorc : hand, hand + geweorc, work ( ge-, collective pref.; see kom in Appendix I + weorc, work; see work).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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