household art

American  

noun

1. any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.

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Etymology

Origin of household art

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

For the new household art of mechanical dehydration, engineers and food chemists have worked out a home food dryer that can be used in any kitchen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its original designers were masters who made standards in architectural and pictorial as well as household art.

From Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples by Wheeler, Candace

Fred fluctuated between office and city, quite a prophet of household art, welcomed warmly back to the old circles which had so quietly dropped him for a while.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Whitford 2 refers to this present-day trend in home economics as follows: At first there was very little articulation between the courses in art and the courses in industrial art or household art.

From The Teaching of Art Related to the Home Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics by Education, Federal Board for Vocational

Price 1.50 Household Elegancies.—A splendid new book on household art, devoted to a multitude of topics, interesting to ladies everywhere.

From The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various