housekeep

[ hous-keep ]

/ ˈhaʊsˌkip /

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verb (used without object), house·kept, house·keep·ing.

to keep or maintain a house.

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Origin of housekeep

First recorded in 1835–45; back formation from housekeeping

Words nearby housekeep

household gods, household name, household troops, household word, househusband, housekeep, housekeeper, housekeeping, housel, Houselander, house league

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. Meade
Yes; reckon she'll housekeep for your uncle till you get back; won't ye, Nellie?
Contemporary One-Act Plays|Sir James M. Barrie
Judge 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 Wiggin
Twelve years before she had come here to "housekeep," as the old phrase went.
A Little Girl in Old Boston|Amanda Millie Douglas

We 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