Hypertext Webster Gateway: "housekeeping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Housekeeping \House"keep`ing\, a.
Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Housekeeping \House"keep`ing\, n.
1. The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.
2. Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home
affairs.
3. Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of
provisions. [Obs.]
Tell me, softly and hastily, what's in the pantry?
Small housekeeping enough, said Ph[oe]be. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
housekeeping
n : the work of cleaning and running a house [syn: {housework}]
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