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“It is a veritable museum of the household treasures not in constant use, and represents pretty accurately, I imagine, the extent to which Mrs Widger's house-pride is able to indulge itself.”
“Constance was house-proud; house-pride had slumbered within her; now it blazed forth.”
“He noted in her, too, a curious want of house-pride.”
“I think our villagers are, in the important points of cleanliness and solid comfort, and of course we are at the vicarage as to that – Keziah keeps us all like copper kettles; but don't you think we might have a little more house-pride about tasteful pretty refinements?”
“I think our villagers are, in the important points of cleanliness and solid comfort, and of course we are at the Vicarage as to _that_ -- Keziah keeps us all like copper kettles; but don't you think we might have a little more house-pride about tasteful pretty refinements?”
“of his obsessive house-pride because he had little to do beyond piss everyone else off with his petty demands and stupid behaviour.”
“So, no economic consequences for bad actions, linked to a lack of—if you like—house-pride; and now you can see why this country has become such a benighted place, full of those whose lives consist of nothing except getting pissed on a Friday night, starting fights, fucking, dropping their kebab boxes everywhere and generally being stupid and unpleasant.”
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vanishedone What house-proud people have; WordNet doesn't define it, although it does define house-proud, but it's in the OED. Nov 8, 2008