housekeep
[ hous-keep ]
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verb (used without object),house·kept, house·keep·ing.
to keep or maintain a house.
Origin of housekeep
1First recorded in 1835–45; back formation from housekeeping
Words Nearby housekeep
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How to use housekeep in a sentence
You know you said it was not worth while for me to learn to housekeep.
A Life For a Love | L. T. MeadeYes; reckon she'll housekeep for your uncle till you get back; won't ye, Nellie?
Contemporary One-Act Plays | Sir James M. BarrieJudge Dickinson wants me to go to Alfred and housekeep for him, and I'd named twelve dollars a month.
The Story Of Waitstill Baxter | By Kate Douglas WigginTwelve years before she had come here to "housekeep," as the old phrase went.
A Little Girl in Old Boston | Amanda Millie DouglasWe will still be husband and wife; we will take a small lodging, and you shall housekeep and live in-doors.
The Grey Woman and other Tales | Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell
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