- straw-work
- strawˈ-work nounWork done in plaited straw• • •Main Entry: ↑straw
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Straw plaiting — is a method of manufacturing textiles by braiding straw and the industry that surrounds the craft of producing these straw manufactures. Straw is plaited to produce products including hats and ornaments, and the process is undertaken in a number… … Wikipedia
Straw Dogs (1971 film) — Straw Dogs Theatrical release poster Directed by Sam Peckinpah Produced by … Wikipedia
straw — S3 [stro: US stro:] n [: Old English; Origin: streaw] 1.) a) [U] the dried stems of wheat or similar plants that animals sleep on, and that are used for making things such as baskets, hats etc →↑hay ▪ a straw hat b) a single dried stem of stra … Dictionary of contemporary English
Straw — is an agricultural by product, the dry of a cereal plant, after the grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. In times gone by, it was regarded as a useful by … Wikipedia
Work — (w[^u]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Worked} (w[^u]rkt), or {Wrought} (r[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Working}.] [AS. wyrcean (imp. worthe, wrohte, p. p. geworht, gewroht); akin to OFries. werka, wirka, OS. wirkian, D. werken, G. wirken, Icel. verka,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
straw boss — straw′ boss n. a member of a work crew, as in a factory or logging camp, who acts as a boss; assistant foreman • Etymology: 1890–95, amer … From formal English to slang
Straw Dogs — Infobox Film name = Straw Dogs caption = U.S. theatrical poster for Straw Dogs . director = Sam Peckinpah producer = Daniel Melnick writer = Novel: Gordon Williams Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman Sam Peckinpah starring = Dustin Hoffman Susan… … Wikipedia
Straw paintings — By modelling and playing with straw, our great grandmothers have long ago started weaving straw and making wonderful artistic objects. As time passed, they acquired more skill in working with straw and a century ago, created a very specific art… … Wikipedia
Straw (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Straw Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = Bristol, England Genre = Indie, Britpop Years active = 1998–2001 Label = WEA, Columbia Associated acts = The Blue Aeroplanes, The Jeevas URL … Wikipedia
Straw man — This article is about the logical fallacy. For other uses, see Straw man (disambiguation). Man of straw redirects here. For the novel by Heinrich Mann, see Der Untertan. For the agricultural tool used to scare birds, see Scarecrow. A straw man is … Wikipedia
