housework

[ hous-wurk ]

/ ˈhaʊsˌwɜrk /

the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.

Origin of housework

First recorded in 1570–80; house + work

So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.

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Coming to the center gives her a measure of relief from long days filled with childcare and housework.

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What my daughters see me doing most of the time—the part they can wrap their heads around—is child care and housework.

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At an early stage of their family life, she learned her husband believed that “a woman should do all housework herself.”

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Jeff Ely, a game theorist at Northwestern, has traded massages for housework and writes his wife romantic anniversary blog posts.

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The elder girls are employed in housework or in the laundry.

The Quiver 3/1900 |Anonymous
The housework is speeded up with such conveniences as hot and cold water in kitchen and bathroom, and steam heat.

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I saw Miss Million clap her hands that are still rather red and rough from housework, manicure them as I will.

Miss Million's Maid |Bertha Ruck
After her housework was done, she sat down in the kitchen with her knitting.

Jane Field |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
They can't go out to do housework, for they've got young ones too little to carry with 'em, and maybe a whole family of 'em.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 2, December, 1857 |Various

housework

/ (ˈhaʊsˌwɜːk) /

the work of running a home, such as cleaning, cooking, etc

houseworker, noun