housekeep
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of housekeep
First recorded in 1835–45; back formation from housekeeping
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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
We've got an old woman called Clutters to housekeep for us.
From Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
I'll learn to housekeep and cook, and to sew and all that.
From A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays by Amy Ella Blanchard
An' 'bout two yeah' ayfteh yo' gramma die' my sisteh, my yalleh sisteh, she housekeep fo' yo' grampa—a shawt spell.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
Judging by the delight and indignation greeting its new housekeeping rules, we still haven’t agreed on an answer.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
A $3,500 monthly maintenance fee covered services on board, including three meals a day, twice-weekly laundry, Wi-Fi, housekeeping and two alcoholic drinks with lunch and dinner, Bodin and Canen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
She handled housekeeping, concierge services and laundry management for Catalina Island Company, a resort operator, according to her son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
It was the first all-female founded and operated periodical, designed to be an alternative to other women's magazines that typically focused on housekeeping and fashion.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I made it clear to the housekeeping staff that our girls, as they had in Chicago, would make their own beds every morning.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
"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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