Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The function or duties of a housewife; housekeeping.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The business of the mistress of a household; the woman's part in the economy of a family; female management of domestic concerns.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being a
housewife - noun Skills as a
housewife orhomemaker
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the work of a housewife
Etymologies
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Examples
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Her appearance to be sure was decent, and she was always distinguished by the name of Miss, and she was taught just to read and write, and a little plain housewifery with her needle.
The History of Miss Sally Johnson; or, the Unfortunate Magdalen Anonymous 1799
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Indeed, a family's ability to hire servant girls and free the mistress for productive work was a sign of its increasing affluence, not its poverty, and most women did not aspire to escape outdoor work and immerse themselves in housewifery.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Cooking and "housewifery" isn't shown to be wrong; it's just shown to not be what Callie likes doing.
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French language (a thing indispensable to the happiness of married life), piano-playing (a thing wherewith to beguile a husband’s leisure moments), and that particular department of housewifery which is comprised in the knitting of purses and other
Dead Souls 1842
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