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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Housewife (0.00874 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Housewife.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: housewife ibu rumah tangga
English → English (WordNet) Definition: housewife housewife n : a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns the family income [syn: homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house] [also: housewives (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Housewife Housewife \House"wife`\, n. [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.] 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Usually pronounced ?.) [See Hussy, in this sense.] A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] --P. Skelton. [1913 Webster] 3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. Housewife \House"wife`\, Housewive \House"wive`\, v. t. To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. [1913 Webster] Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

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