Housewife

//ˈhaʊs.waɪf//

"Housewife" in a Sentence (15 examples)

I would hate to become just a housewife.

This is a great time-saving gadget for the housewife.

The worried housewife heard the telephone ring and quickly picked up the receiver.

"Oh, mother," said the housewife, breaking into bitter tears.

"George?" said the housewife. "Who's George?"

I am a housewife.

A housewife has many domestic duties.

A housewife should be economical.

Women no longer are satisfied with their traditional role of housewife, and are seeking recognition of needs in the workplace.

There was a short pause and the housewife said...

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2000, Uli Kusch, "Mr. Torture", Helloween, The Dark Ride Mr Torture sells pain / To the housewives in Spain / He knows just what they crave / Mr Torture

It was a housewife, containing needles, a bodkin, and thread; ‘and, do you know,’ added he, ‘it was the most useful thing she could have given me, for it lasted all the time I was at Rome to mend my clothes with […].’

Woffington's housewife, made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world

The "soldier's housewife" was a small sewing kit that was carried to make timely repairs to clothing and equipment.

Career opportunity […] is the one who never knocks — especially not on the doors of women, who are still hooking, housewifing and hairdressing for their livings.

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