housewife

• I fetched an armful of wood for the housewife, and would have brought a bucket of water for her from the pump, only the pump is now out of commission, having been replaced by the newfangled waterworks presented to the town by a Standard Oil magnate. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
• In the housewife is a tiny pocket, and in the pocket is enclosed a slip of paper, on which, written as with a crow-quill, are these lines This little bag, I hope, will prove To be not vainly made For should you thread and needles want It will afford you aid And, as we are about to part Twill serve another end For, when you look upon this bag You'll recollect your friend January 1792. —  Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record
• These were pinned at the belt of the active housewife, and hung swaying against her skirts if she rose from her sewing, or were conveniently at hand if she sat patching or embroidering. —  The Development of Embroidery in America
• At last they decided that it must have been the wind they had heard; and the housewife, herself, filled the saucepan with milk once more and set it over the fire. —  Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs
• She was a good housewife, and an affectionate. —  By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico

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