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home help

noun

  1. a person who is paid to do domestic chores for persons unable to look after themselves adequately

  2. Also called: home caresuch a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The challenges of government are nothing compared to the challenge of putting food on the table and getting a roof over our head when I brought up kids working as a home help.

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Just 14% of people said they were satisfied with those services, which includes care homes, home help and children's care.

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The Seahawks have a 79% chance to make the playoffs according to fivethirtyeight.com — that Seattle has four of its last five at home helps the odds — and are at 32% to win the division.

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Being at home helps and the Seahawks get back on track.

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Set designer Michael Carnahan’s detailed impression of a Memphis home helps round out our understanding of the characters’ situations.

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