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

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

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

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

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