She wore a beaded dress that required many hours of handwork.
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In total, the look required 4,340 hours of handwork.—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026 Other hearty greens, like collards and mustard greens, can benefit from a little handwork, too.—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026 The building trains you to think in epochs and extinction events, not hemlines or handwork.—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025 How it’s played, the tone of the instrument and handwork of the drummer help tell a story that’s illustrated through movement.—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for handwork
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of handwork was
before the 12th century