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

They also have a department of home management, home economy, social culture, household art and domestic hygiene, Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, preceptor.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper

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 Amanda Minnie Douglas

Once launched on the sea of household art, she found herself in a torturing maze.

From Together by Robert Herrick

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