Definition of arts and crafts
:a movement in European and American design during the late 19th and early 20th centuries promoting handcraftsmanship over industrial mass production
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a shop that sells local arts and crafts, such as pottery and baskets
demonstrations of various arts and crafts
First Known Use of arts and crafts
1888
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arts and crafts
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: objects that are meant to be both useful and beautiful : the activity of making such objects
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