Meanings
nounfancywork (countable and uncountable, plural fancyworks)
plural fancyworks · alternative fancy work
- countablehistoricaluncountableOrnamental (as opposed to plain or reparative) work in needlework, knitting or similar handicrafts; decorative embroidery.
The girls were all settling down to fancy work, the white-cuffed hands of the Martins were already jerking crochet needles, faces were bending over fine embroideries and Minna Blum had trundled a mounted lace-pillow into the brighter light.
1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 83
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian бродерия
- бродерия (broderija)Decorative embroidery
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