handiwork

[ han-dee-wurk ]

/ ˈhæn diˌwɜrk /

work done by hand.

the characteristic quality of a particular doer or maker: In all of Mozart's music we discover the handiwork of a genius.

the result of work done by hand: woven mats and other handiwork.

Origin of handiwork

before 1000; Middle English handiwerk, Old English handgeweorc, variant of handweorc (cognate with German Handwerk). See hand, y-, work

Their handiwork was on display Sunday, it appeared, in the small mining town of Krasnoarmeysk, 70 kilometers from Donetsk.

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Lentz was so proud of his handiwork that he traveled to Berlin to show it off, and he wrote a little book about it.

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Besides, Savoir Beds guarantees the handiwork on these beds for 25 years, or 9,150 nights.

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Even many Bibi critics who would never vote for him admire his handiwork during the recent Gaza conflagration with Hamas.

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In the edit, Nora the director retained some of our dialogue alongside her handiwork.

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The one-eyed man stood for a long time contemplating his handiwork.

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In his eagerness to display his handiwork to his parents he had entirely forgotten his crutches!

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The old man laughed, glanced proudly at his handiwork, and named a price.

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Religion lives in its conscious, exultant power to create spiritual heroes, not in looking back to admire its own handiwork.

The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews |Thomas Charles Edwards
As proper men as ever trod upon neat's-leather have gone upon my handiwork.

The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar |William Shakespeare

handiwork

/ (ˈhændɪˌwɜːk) /

work performed or produced by hand, such as embroidery or pottery

the result of the action or endeavours of a person or thing

Old English handgeweorc, from hand + geweorc, from ge- (collective prefix) + weorc work