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

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household art

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

She would have pitted her hair-cloth furniture of the ugliest period of household art against all the Chippendales and First Empire pieces in existence.

From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Certainly not to her mother, who possessed in its perfection, the household art of misinterpreting everything.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar

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