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woodwork

/ˈwʊdˌwɝk/ verb C2
  1. To go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.) (dated)

He/she/it woodworks · Past woodworked · Past participle woodworked · -ing form woodworking

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Verb forms

Base form
woodwork
He/she/it
woodworks
Past
woodworked
Past participle
woodworked
-ing form
woodworking

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Woodwork and glass gave way before him; but before he got quite through, Gregson, Lestrade, and Holmes sprang upon him like so many staghounds.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 78 · B2
There can be no doubt that it is a blood mark.” He was pointing to faint discolorations along the woodwork of the window.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 31 · B2
The scent had instantly recreated a forgotten summer afternoon spent building a fort in her grandfather’s dusty, sunlit woodworking shop.
The Scent of the Past, p. 1 · C1

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