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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Obsolete spelling of housewifery (“the business of a housewife, female homemaking”). alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

   ": Good huswifery loveth Her household to tend. Ill huswifery wanteth, With spending too fast"

Synonyms

All synonyms

home economicshousehold goodshousewarehousewifedomhousewifehoodhousewifeship

Example

More examples

": Good huswifery loveth Her household to tend. Ill huswifery wanteth, With spending too fast"

Etymology

From huswife + -ery?

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