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Discover Ludwig"fancy work" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is highly detailed or intricately done, often in the context of craft work or decorations. For example, "The artisan did a beautiful job on the fancy work for the chair."
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They don't want fancy work".
He must do his fancy work in the final third".
Knitting was practical and plebian; fancy work was largely decorative, and prestigiously useless.
The important thing about fancy work was that it was both artistic and unnecessary.
In nineteenth-century literature, it's often true that good women knit and bad women crochet or do fancy work.
It belonged to what was referred to often as "fancy work," which included tatting, tapestry, and embroidery.
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Fancy working with this hanging over you?
Fancy working on a tan while working?
Anyone fancy working for these ladies?
Especially if Labour doesn't fancy working out of their Victoria Street HQ by candlelight.
Fancy working a season in Whistler, home of the 2010 Winter Olympics?
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