housekeep
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of housekeep
First recorded in 1835–45; back formation from housekeeping
Example Sentences
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Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, the medical scientists who housekeep for vitamins have an unmanageable lot of charges.
From Time Magazine Archive
May she continue to write her charming poetry, housekeep, and defend all other keepers of the home for many more years to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
Primrose had in reality a very practical nature; she could housekeep well, and no baker or butcher who ventured to show his face in Rosebury would dream of cheating this bright young lady.
From The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls by Meade, L. T.
"Miss Rob," said this wooden Peggy, "Aun' Judy says it's more'n time to come housekeep."
From The Late Mrs. Null by Stockton, Frank Richard
We will still be husband and wife; we will take a small lodging, and you shall housekeep and live in-doors.
From The Grey Woman and other Tales by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
An engineering student at London University who previously worked as a housekeeping assistant at a hospital in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Either way, he could cast the changes not as a turn toward higher rates, but as housekeeping for a Fed that he wants to talk less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
One of his former co-workers now instead helps his wife with housekeeping work, while at least two simply stay home, living off their savings and odd jobs, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
They focused on a housekeeping gene called FveIPT2.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
Then this morning, Minerva asked me if I wouldn’t come to Monte Cristi and help her set up housekeeping.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
"I've housekept so long I likely know what are the belongings of a handy house;" and she too settled herself with paper and pencil and spectacles.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various
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