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

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

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

You've got a better sort of household art, I think, for you make people happy and places pretty, without fussing over it.

From Jack and Jill by Alcott, Louisa May

Late in the winter he had sent a paper on household art, with several exquisite designs, to a magazine, and for once happened to hit the prevailing fancy.

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