Hostessing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The work of a hostess. uncountable

    "“Has the art of hostessing gone so far down the tubes that no one knows how to throw a party anymore without all these books?”"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hostess form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"“Has the art of hostessing gone so far down the tubes that no one knows how to throw a party anymore without all these books?”"

Etymology

From hostess + -ing.

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