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- noun Plural form of
domesticity .
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Examples
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What a province of the 'domesticities' that is at present!
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Together, the articles demonstrate how domesticities arise through diverse sets of circumstances, emerging in multiple incarnations -- often in the same household -- in such a way as to generate a wide range of affects and affinities.
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From her grandmother Alicia's illicit and ill-fated romance with a gentle, soft-spoken Jamaican, to her mother and aunt's bitter rivalry over domesticities and domestic partners, Rebecca traces the past and marks any moments where history repeats itself.
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There is an extraordinary charm in other people's domesticities.
The Magic of Suburbia Arevanye 2007
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There was no pressure about routines—fixed mealtimes and other domesticities such as where he hung up his clothes or towels.
Two Days After the Wedding Joan Medlicott 2006
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There was no pressure about routines—fixed mealtimes and other domesticities such as where he hung up his clothes or towels.
Two Days After the Wedding Joan Medlicott 2006
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There was no pressure about routines—fixed mealtimes and other domesticities such as where he hung up his clothes or towels.
Two Days After the Wedding Joan Medlicott 2006
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All his regard for the quiet domesticities had come from his love, and had had no share in producing it.
The Claverings 2005
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Living at Stratton, he had taught himself to think much of the quiet domesticities of life, and to believe that Florence Burton was fitter to be his wife than Julia Brabazon.
The Claverings 2005
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Miss Stanbury had declared that with twelve she must have two waiters from the greengrocers, and that two waiters would overpower her own domesticities below stairs.
He Knew He Was Right 2004
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