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Meanings of general housework in English

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Usage of general housework in English
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The lady's maid does not take part in the general housework.
Book of Etiquette, Volume II
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She had been doing general housework, but ill-health had obliged her to take a rest.
The Woman Who Toils / Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen a...
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Girls do not like to go out to service in families where ' general housework' is expected.
Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
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I believe you're all right, and I'm going to try you, if you'll take general housework.
The Mystery of Mary
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I'd like to come and work for you, but I couldn't do general housework, I'm sure.
The Mystery of Mary
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Then I shall turn out all those high-priced servants and get a woman to do general housework.
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
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My sister had no domestic help besides mine, so I learned a good deal about general housework.
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
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She could not cook, nor do general housework, but she thought she could fill the place of waitress.
The Mystery of Mary
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Besides general housework, the girls are given special instruction in cooking, nursing and care of health, under their experienced matron.
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 01, January, 1888
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Better take general housework.
The Mystery of Mary
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Katie, the general housework girl, had tied a small white apron over her generous gingham one, and was serving breakfast.
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But I can't sell knit underwear or I can't do general housework-I'monly- atoothache-BobbyBurnswrote me-maybe you've read me-
Little Miss By-The-Day
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When I reached home, Polly said she had found nothing in the way of a general housework girl for the country.
The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
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The new Mrs. Windom was not long in transporting the general housework "girl" into a totally unexampled state of astonishment.
Quill's Window
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As "Hay" said, "I feel equal to applying for the position of general housework man, if I lose my job.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
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The other ran: "Wanted: a strong humble general housework girl to live out; $1.25 a week."
What's the Matter with Ireland?
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