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

Certainly not to her mother, who possessed in its perfection, the household art of misinterpreting everything.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar

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

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 Harper, Ida Husted

We are beginning to see how much more sensible the Chippendale and other styles commended by Eastlake and some other writers on household art are to much that has been produced in later times.

From The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Various