handicraftshipn.
/ˈhandɪkrɑːf(t)ʃɪp/, /ˈhandɪkraf(t)ʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈhændiˌkræf(t)ˌʃɪp/ Now rare.
The performance or practice of a manual trade or occupation; (skilled) manual labour; craftsmanship. Cf. handicraftsmanship n. at handicraftsman n. Derivatives.
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handicraftship1826
1826 G. Canning 7 Sept. in Brit. & Foreign State Papers (1828) 439 Those who would have been able to have gained their livelihood in the Town by handicraftship, had they been liberated, had been sent to Plantations up the Country.
a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Judicial Procedure xx, in Wks. (1839) II. vii. 110/2 Stating his means of subsistence as derived from ordinary day-labour, handicraftship, art, profit-seeking profession, or property.
1888 Leeds Mercury 25 Feb. 5/5 The specimens of handicraftship before referred to show that they were not without the possession of considerable genius.
1948 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. 7 513 The organization of new technical schools of handicraftship and of applied arts and trades.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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