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Definition of Housewives
1. housewife [n] - See also: housewife
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housewives
Literary usage of Housewives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Home Life in Germany by Alfred Sidgwick (1908)
"CHAPTER XII housewives FRENCHWOMEN are the best housewives in Europe," said a
German lady who knew most European countries well; " the next best are the ..."
2. The Cost of Living (1913)
"WORK OF THE housewives LEAGUE BY MRS. JULIAN HEATH, Founder and President, National
housewives League, New York. Some two years ago, when we began to feel ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1852)
"housewives complain of too many carpets and curtains, and (expense and trouble
quite aside) rooms dismantled and uninhabited in the winter, are dismal to ..."
4. Inside the German Empire in the Third Year of the War by Herbert Bayard Swope (1917)
"Weighting flour tickets—Changes in newspapers—housewives instructed when to put
up preserves—Saving rags and old paper—Restrictions on communication—Women ..."
5. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1901)
"In the 109 reporting as having been at but one place during the year are included
49 housewives, who worked only for their families. ..."
6. Narrative of a Residence at the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam: With a by Fred Arthur Neale (1852)
"Siamese women excellent housewives.—Education of children.—Selling of daughters.—General
summary of Siamese character. HERE is, perhaps, no other nation on ..."
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