housewifery
Example Sentences
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Most of the pundits and influencers making this argument frame housewifery as an escape from the stress of modern working life.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2025
She told the online publication Literary Hub that the theater company was her opportunity to “leave housewifery behind.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022
But by his side we also have Samuel Richardson, whose novel “Pamela” was a blueprint for how chaste women should behave in the face of avid pursuit, encouraging a zeal for housewifery.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2020
Their friends and neighbors, attracted by the games, food, and company, attended as a respite from the tedium of housewifery.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2014
The cooking-schools are helping us in another useful branch of housewifery.
From Household Organization by Caddy, Florence
