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housekeeper

[hous-kee-per] / ˈhaʊsˌki pər /


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She has decided to stop paying her housekeeper to help address the neighborhood’s needs, and she predicted things will only get worse because of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

She hires her mother Bokhee as her chef and assistant, and her father as her driver and housekeeper.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The character of housekeeper Edna Garrett, played by Charlotte Rae, was spun off in 1979 into a second hit series, “Facts of Life,” which ran until 1988.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The housekeeper showed no sign of exasperation at our lateness.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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