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woodwork (n.)

"article made of wood," 1640s, from wood (n.) + work (n.). Especially applied to wooden details of a house, hence figurative use of to come (or crawl) out of the woodwork, by 1960, suggestive of cockroaches, etc.

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Definitions of woodwork from WordNet

woodwork (n.)
work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture;
woodwork (n.)
the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood;
Synonyms: carpentry / woodworking
From wordnet.princeton.edu