housewifery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of housewifery
First recorded in 1400–50, housewifery is from the late Middle English word huswyfery. See housewife, -ery
Example Sentences
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I said to my girlfriends, "Full-time mothering and housewifery is way harder than what I do for work. Much harder. And there's way more at stake, obviously."
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022
She told the online publication Literary Hub that the theater company was her opportunity to “leave housewifery behind.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022
Her life is airless, packed with stultifying tasks: “Japanese motherhood and its attendant housewifery is a cult,” says Mizuki.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021
The tension between socially acceptable housewifery and creative ambition is certainly easy to find in Jackson’s life, but it’s rather harder to locate in her fiction.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016
The careless luxury of her way of entertaining him, was in strongest contrast to the sweet, thoughtful, delicate housewifery of his wife.
From The End of a Coil by Warner, Susan
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