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

The multifarious materials upon which household art can employ itself are reduced to the few absolute essentials.

From Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by Fowler, William Worthington

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

Every household art was taught her by her mother, and so great was her ability that the duty demanding especial care was always given into her hands.

From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady