What does the word housewifery mean?
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Part of speech: noun
Usage examples for housewifery
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She attended to a few closing details of housewifery, and a few minutes later they retired for the night. – Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy
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In the lives of most women, of the vast majority, the clatter and clash of housewifery prelude and postlude the spring song of their years. – The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt
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Our servants are more or less as we make them, and it is frequently the case that the mistress herself needs a course of instruction before she is capable of rightly instructing her maid- a course which shall embrace not only housewifery, but the cultivation of self- command, patience, wisdom, consideration, and that power which comes only with knowledge. – The Complete Home by Various