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Example sentences for "fancy work"

  • They would all do fancy work, and perhaps have a sale in the spring for some charity.

  • The weather is altogether too fine to waste indoors on fancy work, but until we have that money for Manuel I suppose that none of us will feel free to do as she likes in the afternoons.

  • That has been her plan with all her children, and Rosie has done scarcely any fancy work yet.

  • Two of them sat down to a game of chess; two of them were allowed to look over some very rare and splendid books of engravings; one or two were deep in fancy work, and one or two amused themselves with a fine microscope.

  • I am very fond of fancy work," said Rotha.

  • She also noticed, with an immense satisfaction, that he had a due appreciation of fancy work.

  • They were mistresses of all kinds of fancy work, and invented many more.

  • And evenings I just sit and do fancy work, all by myself, if mamma is invited out to dinner, or anything, and she is invited out such a lot.

  • Probably you and Cricket play games together, while I am doing my fancy work.

  • It is well to make use of every piece of fancy work you do and yet sometimes a new thing may strike your fancy and you would like to make a small piece.

  • The first thing I did in fancy work when I was nine years old was a wonderful face cloth with a wild rose on the top, and under it my name and the motto, "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness," worked in red cotton.

  • Send postal for Sample Card and directions for coloring Photographs and doing fancy work.

  • I have not space for a long disquisition upon the uses and pleasures of fancy work; every woman has moments when such pretty playwork will be a valuable recreation.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    away down; before thee; common soldier; eight weeks; fancy ball; fancy dress; fancy shapes; fancy that; fancy work; major problem; make life; only temporary; open grassy; profound impression; public opinion; recent cases; restore peace; single sentence; small libraries; sovereign power; teaspoon mustard; these questions; until after; went over; you hear; your honour