It is ſpoken of a houſewively maid that grows idle after marriage.
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Housewively
Synonyms for "housewively" (3 found)
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The sweet-frosted dream of Ms. Tranor’s generation turned into the bitter bread of struggle. Housewively boredom did much to end the American dream. By grasping, they lost.
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The clearest form of discrimination was at higher education level where 2-year community colleges in effect prepared young women for marriage and housewively duties.
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It appears that by this time it was acceptable for women in England to be selling ale outside the home, and to take the consequences. What had started as a housewively task had become a trade.
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