housekeep
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of housekeep
First recorded in 1835–45; back formation from housekeeping
Example Sentences
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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
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
With me to housekeep, and Nell to look after everybody, you needn’t have the smallest fear about Paul and Virginia; they can come and they can line your pockets, can’t they?”
From Polly A New-Fashioned Girl by Meade, L. T.
Yes; reckon she'll housekeep for your uncle till you get back; won't ye, Nellie?
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
There can’t be waste going on in the house—I won’t have it, not when I housekeep, at any rate.
From Polly A New-Fashioned Girl by Meade, L. T.
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