HOUSEWIFE
\hˈa͡ʊswa͡ɪf], \hˈaʊswaɪf], \h_ˈaʊ_s_w_aɪ_f]\
Definitions of HOUSEWIFE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Alt. of Housewive
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A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; - called also hussy.
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Alt. of Housewive
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A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; - called also hussy.
By Noah Webster.
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The mistress of a home; one who manages domestic affairs; a small case for sewing materials.
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Housewifely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Housewifely.
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The mistress of a house: a female domestic manager.
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A small case for articles of female work, properly spelt HUSSIF (which see).
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman