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Definition of Housework
1. Noun. The work of cleaning and running a house.
Definition of Housework
1. n. The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.
Definition of Housework
1. Noun. Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Housework
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housework
Literary usage of Housework
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selected Articles on the Employment of Women by Edna Dean Bullock, Julia Emily Johnsen (1920)
"housework versus Shop and Factories. Mary E. Trueblood. There is no need to say
to any one in this country that housework is the last occupation the ..."
2. A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel Ruth Fernald, Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes, Almena Dawley, Beardsley Ruml (1920)
"She had 13 jobs, all housework, covering a work period of 6 years. ... 2) housework,
4 wks. 3) housework, 8 mos. 4) Helper in hotel dining room, 7 wks. ..."
3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The use of improved methods of housework. 2. The use of better equipment and
tools in the farm home. 3. Special schooling for the farm home maker. 4. ..."
4. Household Engineering: Scientific Management in the Home by Christine Frederick, American School of Home Economics (1919)
"The location, whether city apartment, detached suburban house; or isolated country
farm, also greatly affects the kind and extent of the housework. ..."
5. The Household Budget, with a Special Inquiry Into the Amount and Value of by John Bacon Leeds (1917)
"SECTION XXI HOMEWORK OTHER THAN housework IN addition to those duties recognized as
... In the present inquiry such work is not considered as housework. ..."
6. Successful Family Life on the Moderate Income: Its Foundation in a Fair by Mary Hinman Abel (1921)
"An actual family account book is here used to illustrate the contribution which
the woman may make to the family income by doing the housework in her own ..."
7. Domestic Service by Lucy Maynard Salmon (1897)
"A third disadvantage is the fact that "housework is never done. ... But if it
has taken long for the " I should prefer to housework a clerkship in a store ..."
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