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arts and crafts

noun

  1. the handcrafting and decoration of especially utilitarian objects.

Arts and Crafts

plural noun

  1. decorative handicraft and design, esp that of the Arts and Crafts movement , in late nineteenth-century Britain, which sought to revive medieval craftsmanship
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of arts and crafts1

First recorded in 1885–90
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