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workmanship

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishwerkmanschipe, equivalent toworkman +‎-ship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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workmanship (countable anduncountable,pluralworkmanships)

  1. Theskill of anartisan orcraftsman.
    • 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, inTrains Illustrated, page163:
      The standard ofworkmanship from Eastleigh Locomotive Works has often been acknowledged as being of a high order and this standard will have to be maintained - improved, even - when motive power other than steam is the mainstay of our railway system.
  2. Thequality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.
    • 1977,Agatha Christie, chapter 4, inAn Autobiography, part II, London:Collins,→ISBN:
      Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and inworkmanship.

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Translations

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the skill of an artisan or craftsman
the quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman

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