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housekeeping Noun 1. the running of a household 2. money allotted for this
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housekeeping Translations housekeeping [ˈhauskiːpɪŋ] house n → Hauswirtschaft f; (money) → Haushaltsgeld nt, Wirtschaftsgeld nt How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Just so with whaling, which necessitates a three-years' housekeeping upon the wide ocean, far from all grocers, costermongers, doctors, bakers, and bankers. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. Fathers and mothers are too absorbed in business and housekeeping to study their children, and cherish that sweet and natural confidence which is a child's surest safeguard, and a parent's subtlest power. |
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