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

The exhibits made by our own country in household art were meager compared to those of several foreign countries, notably Germany and Austria.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

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

Then hers was the hand to show them how, be it spinning, weaving, milking, washing, sweeping, dusting, or any other household art.

From The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages by True, John Preston

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