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housework
[ hous-wurk ]
housework
/ ˈhaʊsˌwɜːk /
noun
- the work of running a home, such as cleaning, cooking, etc
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Derived Forms
- ˈhouseˌworker, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of housework1
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Example Sentences
So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.
Coming to the center gives her a measure of relief from long days filled with childcare and housework.
What my daughters see me doing most of the time—the part they can wrap their heads around—is child care and housework.
At an early stage of their family life, she learned her husband believed that “a woman should do all housework herself.”
Jeff Ely, a game theorist at Northwestern, has traded massages for housework and writes his wife romantic anniversary blog posts.
At couen the pupils underwent a complete training in all branches of housework.
She went through the usual routine of housework like a laborer who drags after him a ball and chain.
During their school days, except in the exceptional home, they are not trained to do housework; do not learn to sew.
A couple of silent Martians prepared undistinguished meals and did housework in the quarters.
Housework, you know, is so much more fun if you have the right things to do it with.
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