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housewifery

[hous-wahy-fuh-ree, -wahyf-ree] / ˈhaʊsˌwaɪ fə ri, -ˌwaɪf ri /
NOUN
housekeeping
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The shelves were understocked that day as sales associates moved out the last of the winter merchandise to make way for a spring collection advertised by a campaign in the key of Stepford Housewifery.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2014

Instead, there was The Science of Housewifery for me.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

I ripped the paper off to reveal the whole title: The Science of Housewifery.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Practice in Housewifery and Cooking occupies one day per week throughout the three years.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Morley, Edith J.

Ill Housewifery lieth till ten of the clock; Good Housewifery trieth to rise with the cock.

From The American Country Girl by Crow, Martha Foote




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