housework
Example Sentences
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Woody worked full time while going to school, quit watching TV and handed off housework to family members while she attended in-person classes at night and on Saturday.
“I help my parents, siblings and friends with odd jobs — running social media accounts, housework, pet-sitting,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
In the kitchen: a sink filled with dishes, because Mr. Gibson insisted that Gibby should do all the housework and she resisted until she could no longer tolerate the mess.
From Literature
"We set out to build the robot that helps you, that makes your life better, your general-purpose servant that can do anything around the home, do all the housework..."
From BBC
Amy, 36, from Norwich, bought the brush online for £4 to "make life easier" with housework, but it caught in her daughter's hair when the child took it out of the box.
From BBC
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