To keep house

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	to maintain an independent domestic establishment.
	To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to manage domestic affairs.
(Eng. Bankrupt Law)	To seclude one's self in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.

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adult female body bachelor girl bar girl bas bleu fancy woman geisha girl girl girlfriend house husband househusband kept woman maenad matriarch mother figure prickteaser white woman wonder woman yellow woman			Mamma is so feeble, I shall have to keep house, I suppose, and you must show me how, Polly," said Fan. An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context Faith, the Major's big enough to choose for himself," Sir Michael said; "he'll ask ye when he wants ye"; or else he would turn the matter off jocularly, declaring that "Dobbin was too young to keep house, and had written home to ask lave of his mamma. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context Nay, she is not gifted for a frontier wife, if this is the manner she is to keep house while the husband is on the hunt. The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			To hunt counter To hurry up To hush up To impose on To improve on To indorse in blank To inform against to it To join battle To jump a claim To jump at To jump one's bail To jump the gun To keel over To keep (a person) on a short leash To keep a stiff upper lip To keep an eye on To keep at arm's length To keep back To keep company with To keep counsel To keep dark To keep down To keep from To keep good hours To keep house To keep in the background To keep in with To keep on To keep one's distance To keep one's hand in To keep one's head above water To keep one's nose to the grindstone To keep open house To keep pace with To keep quarter To keep school To keep shady To keep stroke To keep term To keep the countenance To keep the field To keep the foot To keep the land aboard To keep the peace To keep the pot boiling To keep the wolf from the door To keep to To keep touch To keep under To keep up			to infinity To Infinity and Beyond To inform against To Insure Prompt Service To Insure Prompt Service To Insure Prompt Service To Insure Prompt Service To Insure Prompt Service To Insure Proper Services to it To Jesus Through Mary To join battle To jump a claim To jump at To jump one's bail To jump the gun To keel over To keep (a person) on a short leash To keep a stiff upper lip To keep an eye on To keep at arm's length To keep back To keep company with To keep counsel To keep dark To keep down To keep from To keep good hours To keep house To keep in the background To keep in with To keep on To keep one's distance To keep one's hand in To keep one's head above water To keep one's nose to the grindstone To Keep Open To keep open house To keep pace with To keep quarter To keep school To keep shady To keep stroke To keep term To keep the countenance To keep the field To keep the foot To keep the land aboard To keep the peace To keep the pot boiling To keep the wolf from the door To keep to To keep touch

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