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  • noun Plural form of homemaker.

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Examples

  • I did notice there was more depression in homemakers as time went by, and it happened in the era when so many of them were wearing sports clothes and sweat pants -- or whatever you call them.

    Managing the Home 2008

  • The backlash against homemakers is really strong these days.

    Honoring the Home 2006

  • The backlash against homemakers is really strong these days.

    Archive 2006-06-01 2006

  • And working women don't have the time to put on the afternoon tea for other homemakers, which is the kind of thing our great grandmothers who were homemakers, used to enjoy so much

    Benefits of the Harmonious Home 2006

  • Additionally, upper and middle class women were encouraged to remain homemakers.

    Porfirio Diaz, an enigma 2003

  • Additionally, upper and middle class women were encouraged to remain homemakers.

    Porfirio Diaz, an enigma 2003

  • Additionally, upper and middle class women were encouraged to remain homemakers.

    Porfirio Diaz, an enigma 2003

  • Also, his dad working as a street vendor in LA is illegal (though the politically correct LAPD turn a blind eye to it), and street vendors and "homemakers" (maids) get paid cash and don't pay taxes.

    Saving Carlos: The face of California's crisis 2010

  • Yet the fight for political equality remains a tough one in this largely patriarchal nation where women remain stereotyped as "homemakers," says Abigail Shuma, a gender activist in

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • Thanks for the 2 hour episodes and know that you have to "homemakers" loving every minute of this season!

    EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines 2009

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