Meanings of domestic drudgery in English

Their daughters-in-law now did the domestic drudgery, while they devoted their days thus to sport.

The men of these nations partake of much more of the domestic drudgery than I had at first supposed.

The men of those nations partake of much more of the domestic drudgery than I had at first Supposed.

Shared living spaces and the emancipation of women from domestic drudgery were at the forefront of the Narkomfin's groundbreaking design.

I must say it was delightful to discover that not all of our Vassar classmates had succumbed to matrimony and domestic drudgery.

She felt her own extraordinary power; but she never repined at the prospect of spending her life in what is lightly called domestic drudgery.

In particular, May's brilliance at needlework helped raise what had previously been a trivial female hobby or, worse still, domestic drudgery, into fine art.

In 1767 he died, and poor Carolina saw before her in prospect nothing but a life of that domestic drudgery which she so disliked.

All the basic labour-saving devices were in evidence; at least, Jean admitted, there was no danger of reverting to the dark ages of domestic drudgery.

Her hands lose their shape and softness after childhood, and domestic drudgery destroys her beauty of form and softness and bloom of complexion after marriage.

Domestic drudgery had not yet dehumanized nor disfigured her-itis true that her hands were concealed in gloves, and her feet beneath a flowing skirt.