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Lace work
Answer for the clue "Lace work ", 7 letters:
tatting
Alternative clues for the word tatting
Word definitions for tatting in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn: cheapness , tackiness , sleaze ] a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture [syn: Thematic Apperception Test ] [also: tatting , tatted ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tatting \Tat"ting\, n. A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch. Tatting shuttle , the shuttle on which the thread used in tatting is wound.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"making of knotted lace; kind of homemade lace," 1832, of uncertain origin. In French, frivolité .
Usage examples of tatting.
She was tired, this little sister of his who had hung on to the gate and cried when he went away to war, and cried again when he returned to find her working all the daylight hours tatting lace for Widder Leggett so she would have a little food and a cold pallet to sleep upon.
Toronto for you -- and Canada, because this country is still pretty much pioneer in its deepest feelings and thinks art is something the women amuse themselves with in the long winter evenings -- you know, knitting, tatting, and barbola -- while the men drink bootleg hooch in the barn.
Toronto for you -- and Canada, because this country is still pretty much pioneer in its deepest feelings and thinks art is something the women amuse themselves with in the long winter evenings -- you know, knitting, tatting, and barbola -- while the men drink bootleg hooch in the barn.