lost art
Definition of lost art
: something usually requiring some skill that not many people do any more Writing letters has become something of a lost art.
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lostplay
: not made use of, won, or claimed
: no longer possessed
: no longer known
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artplay
: skill acquired by experience, study, or observation
: a branch of learning:
: one of the humanities
: produced as an artistic effort or for decorative purposes
: archaic present tense second-person singular ofbe
: article
: artificial
: artillery
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