Huswife

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of housewife. alt-of, obsolete

    "Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off."

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of housewive. alt-of, obsolete

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abbesscartoncasechatelainecompactdame

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"Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off."

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