housekeep

[ hous-keep ]

verb (used without object)

, house·kept, house·keep·ing.

1. to keep or maintain a house.

Word History and Origins

Origin of housekeep¹

First recorded in 1835–45; back formation from housekeeping

Example Sentences

You know you said it was not worth while for me to learn to housekeep.

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Yes; reckon she'll housekeep for your uncle till you get back; won't ye, Nellie?

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Judge Dickinson wants me to go to Alfred and housekeep for him, and I'd named twelve dollars a month.

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Twelve years before she had come here to "housekeep," as the old phrase went.

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We will still be husband and wife; we will take a small lodging, and you shall housekeep and live in-doors.

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