1 Ham was a boat-builder in these days, having improved a natural ingenuity in that handicraft, until he had become a skilled workman.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE 2 Moreover, no trace of work was revealed in that dwelling; no handicraft, no spinning-wheel, not a tool.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR 3 On the other hand, the slaves, in many cases, had mastered some handicraft, and none were ashamed, and few unwilling, to labour.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter I.