housekeeper
Example Sentences
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The housekeeper must have come this afternoon, polished the wooden furniture with lemon, and wiped the windows with vinegar.
From Literature
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Margaret O’Brien’s miniature “juvenile” Oscar for “Meet Me in St. Louis” was taken by a housekeeper who offered to polish it but never returned.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike my friends, I have never had a housekeeper or landscaper.
From MarketWatch
Sometimes I felt like my brain was one of those colanders our housekeeper, Mrs. Ellsworth, used to drain pasta, full of little holes that let all sorts of important things escape without my permission.
From Literature
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You should have seen the trauma he went through when we changed housekeepers!
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.