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
"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
Though I must say my wife don’t stint ’em when she takes it into her head to go gallivantin’ an’ leaves me to housekeep.
From The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn by Raymond, Evelyn
I have to housekeep, to receive visitors, to write notes about nothing, and to think of the future.
From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Shaw, Bernard
An engineering student at London University who previously worked as a housekeeping assistant at a hospital in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
This includes restaurant workers like bartenders, wait staff and dishwashers; hospitality workers including concierges and housekeeping staff; as well as tour guides, personal trainers and hairdressers.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
They focused on a housekeeping gene called FveIPT2.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
In late 2024, housekeeping supervisors Patsy and Elsy, who are referred to in the first lawsuit against Jenner as well, by their first names only, stepped into their leadership roles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Scott had been recommended by the owners of the rental house to do yard work and housekeeping.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
"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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