Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Housewifery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The
business of ahousewife ;female homemaking .
Etymologies
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huswife + -ery?
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Examples
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"Tend to your huswifery," Bethia's father tells her, "or look to developing some herb lore, if you must be learning something."
Cheeshahteaumauk, Class of '65 (1665) Sam Sacks 2011
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_ Come, now I am ready for you; as little devotion, and as much good huswifery as you please.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04 John Dryden 1665
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