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Technically, these are households with at least one additional adult who is not in school and not the householder's spouse or partner.
Tight Finances Force More People to 'Double Up' Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo 2011
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In most cases you can view the householder's entry in their own handwriting.
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These cellular chambers and limited-function rooms furthered the early-modern drive toward the display of luxury items that made visible the householder's social and political standing. 4 Collectively, the presence chamber, privy chamber, private chapel, and bedchamber contained many of the elaborate tapestries, cloths of estate, ornate beds, and sumptuous cushions that displayed the wealth of the householder to the guests that they wished to impress.
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The "public" nature of the householder's "private" rooms manifested itself in other ways.
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Apparently it was each householder's responsibility to take care of the lanterns nearest their own homes, and he hoped someone was doing it at his and Idalia's house.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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These landed clients were not resident members of the elite household nor did they wear the householder's livery.
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The servant was literally "subject" to the householder's authority just as subjects were under the authority of the crown.
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It was motion-activated, for the dual purpose of automatically illuminating the householder's approach and scaring the crap out of trespassers such as himself.
It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010
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Must it be a householder's first duty, when confronted with a burglar, to remain in a calm and entirely cool frame of mind, and to measure his response accordingly?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The engineers, builders and laborers that construct the turbine don't pay money back into the householder's bank account -- regrettably.
Ann Pettifor: Strengthening The Levees Against Unemployment And Rising Debt 2009
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