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housekeeping

[hous-kee-ping] / ˈhaʊsˌki pɪŋ /
NOUN
household management
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An engineering student at London University who previously worked as a housekeeping assistant at a hospital in Birmingham.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

She passed as a Mexican woman to get a housekeeping job in the ranch where her mother died; later in life she found work by pretending to be a war widow.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

They focused on a housekeeping gene called FveIPT2.

From Science Daily May 5, 2026

In late 2024, housekeeping supervisors Patsy and Elsy, who are referred to in the first lawsuit against Jenner as well, by their first names only, stepped into their leadership roles.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Calpurnia had done it until six months ago, but she was so old Atticus did more housekeeping than she, and she returned to the Quarters in honorable retirement.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee




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