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

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

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

From Together by Herrick, Robert

I was aware that I had been appointed for Germany because of the great interest I had taken in the movement for harmony in household art inaugurated in Germany about ten years ago.

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

It has become the household art of to-day.

From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Moore, Aubertine Woodward