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  • 11arty-farty, artsy-fartsy — adj pretentious, affected, more decorative than useful. A more vulgar parallel of the innocuous arty crafty , which is Edwardian in origin and was usually applied to the pseudo rustic, as in the Arts and Crafts design movement of the late 19th… …

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  • 12arty — adj. (artier, artiest) colloq. pretentiously or affectedly artistic. Phrases and idioms: arty crafty quaintly artistic; (of furniture etc.) seeking stylistic effect rather than usefulness or comfort. Derivatives: artiness n …

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  • 13artsy-craftsy — adj. 1. 1 pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming. Syn: arty crafty, artsy, arty. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 14artsy-craftsy — also arty crafty adjective Etymology: from the phrase arts and crafts Date: 1902 arty …

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  • 15artsy-craftsy — /ahrt see kraft see, krahft /, adj. Informal. 1. pretending to artistry and craftsmanship or to an interest in arts and crafts: an artsy craftsy chair; an artsy craftsy person. 2. cloyingly charming: The shop has an artsy craftsy décor. Also,… …

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  • 16artsy-fartsy — adj pretentious, affected, more decorative than useful. A more vulgar parallel of the innocuous arty crafty , which is Edwardian in origin and was usually applied to the pseudo rustic, as in the Arts and Crafts design movement of the late 19th… …

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  • 17artistic — [adj1] beautiful, satisfying to senses aesthetic, creative, cultivated, cultured, decorative, dramatic, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, grand, harmonious, ideal, imaginative, musical, ornamental, pictorial, picturesque, pleasing, poetic,… …

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  • 18artsy-craftsy — adjective pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming • Syn: ↑arty crafty • Similar to: ↑pretentious …

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  • 19Hal Seeger — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Seeger. Hal Seeger est un producteur, réalisateur et scénariste né en 16 mai 1917 à Brooklyn, décédé le 13 mars 2005 (à 87 ans) à New York aux États Unis. Sommaire …

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  • 20Martin Aitchison — Luck of the Legion from Eagle Martin Aitchison (born 1919) was an illustrator for the Eagle comic from 1952 to 1963, and then one of the main illustrators for Ladybird Books from 1963 to 1990. Aitchison was born in Birmingham. He was educated at… …

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