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pokerwork

noun

  1. the art of decorating wood or leather by burning a design with a heated metal point; pyrography
  2. artefacts decorated using pokerwork
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: poker + work

  1. pyrography created with a hot poker

    A clockwork model of an ostrich pulling a wickerwork governess-cart; the cart had a rear driver's seat and was decorated with poker-work.