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housekeeper

[hous-kee-per] / ˈhaʊsˌki pər /


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And Madame Garnier, a housekeeper at the German-run maternity home, is working for the Resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Unlike my friends, I have never had a housekeeper or landscaper.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Items from Phyllis Rice, the former housekeeper of Christie's holiday home Greenway House in Devon, will go under the hammer at Wessex Auction Rooms in Chippenham, Wiltshire, on Friday.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Written by Imogen Edwards-Jones with James Patterson, it starts like many thrillers: Marilyn Monroe’s housekeeper finds her dead body and calls her doctors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

“Most were evacuated when our school was closed. Our housekeeper, Viola, went to Wales, and I was supposed to go to America to stay with my gran.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin