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housewife

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house·wife  (houswf)
n. pl. house·wives (-wvz)
1. A woman who manages her own household as her main occupation.
2. (hzf) A small container for needles, thread, and other sewing equipment.
[Middle English houswif : hous, house; see house + wife, wife; see wife.]
housewife
Noun
pl -wives a woman who runs her own household and does not have a paid job
housewifely adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.housewifehousewife - a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house
married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
Translations
housewife [ˈhauswaɪf] n → ama de casa
housewife (irreg) [ˈhauswaɪf] house n → ménagère f; femme f au foyer
housewife [ˈhauswaɪf] house irreg like wife) n → Hausfrau f
housewife [ˈhauswaɪf] n → massaia, casalinga


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Shimerda was a good housewife in her own country, but she managed poorly under new conditions: the conditions were bad enough, certainly!
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Possibly I had conjured up impossible dangers, like some nervous old housewife, and when I should catch up with Powell would get a good laugh for my pains.
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The mirror still continued the great object of desire, particularly in the eyes of the old housewife, who produced a pot of parched flour and a string of biscuit roots.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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