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handwork

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Noun — Work made by hand rather than by machine.

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Etymology

Came into English via Middle English hondwerk, from Old English handweorc ("work done by hand; handiwork"), from Proto-Germanic *handuwerką, equivalent to hand + work. It is cognate with Dutch handwerk, German Handwerk and Swedish hantverk.

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