keep house
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As those homely implements suggest, “Terce” focuses on the work of people not often celebrated in liturgy: those who keep house, cultivate gardens, nurture children.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
Staff kept girls in cottages and trained them to work and keep house.
From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2020
Instead, they are expected to marry, keep house and bring up a new generation – and strengthen the narrative that this is not a terrorist group, but a state all Muslims must join.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2014
"This growth in supply is likely to continue into 2014 and should help to keep house price inflation under control as we move forward."
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2014
She wouldn’t do it just to keep house for him.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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