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housewifey

/ ˈhaʊsˌwaɪfɪ /

adjective

  1. suitable for or typical of a housewife

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Billboards in some areas of Germany are not permitted to show girls dressed in pink or playing with dolls; women can’t be seen in typical housewifey situations, or — this is verbatim — “smiling for no reason.”

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“I mean, the heel is very 1963, it’s very kind of housewifey, like, on the town,” Bee said.

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“This was supposed to be an edge-of-town, Desperate Housewifey community,” he said.

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Abbott figures that her housewifey style has been a tactical advantage.

Maid in the Ozarks, written by housewifey, Ozark-born Claire Parrish, is no spoof, but a serious mountaineerful.

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