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Meanings of lady of the house in English

Portuguese
dona de casa
Catalan
mestressa de casa
Spanish
ama de casa

A wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income.

dona de casa
Synonyms
Examples for "housewife"
Examples for "housewife"
1
She later met my father and became a housewife, rearing seven children.
Jamaica Observer
2
All have vanished now; and the housewife betakes herself to the stores.
Since Cézanne
3
The housewife filled the saucepan again and set it over the fire.
The Child's World: Third Reader
4
HRT current utilization was negatively associated with age and being a housewife.
Pubmed
5
Sir, - I am a housewife in Kerry with four small children.
The Irish Times
1
The reason was simple: the Jewish homemaker already knew how to cook.
97 orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one ...
2
Well, I'm a homemaker and that takes up a lot of time.
The Irish Times
3
Take the Orange County, California, homemaker who goes by the handle Canary.
Wired
4
Some house- broken homemaker is not going to make me look bad.
Terminal Compromise
5
With the site selected, the great problem of building next confronts the homemaker.
Vocational Guidance for Girls
1
The woman of the house says, however, she has stopped planting pansies.
The Irish Times
2
The epistle of Thomas to the woman of the house of Harold.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
3
From the woman of the house she at last learned the cause.
Devereux — Complete
4
Now I think of it, call also the woman of the house.
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
5
The woman of the house brought her for food an unusual delicacy.
The Mormon Prophet
Usage of lady of the house in English
1
Charmingly bossy service from the lady of the house, and great value.
The Guardian
2
The lady of the house asked how she liked her new school.
The new yorker
3
When the lady of the house heard these lines, she cried: 'Oh!
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
4
But further surprise was in store for the lady of the house.
A Woman Intervenes
5
The orphan was silent, but the lady of the house replied promptly:
St. Elmo
6
She swept aside the drapery and entered-thestately lady of the house.
Mr. Achilles
7
At the door, I look round, saluting the lady of the house.
Poor Miss Finch
8
The lady of the house was wearing a pale brown silk gown.
New york: the novel
9
I was bound, of course, to answer the lady of the house.
The Fallen Leaves
10
Sure, it's time I introduced myself to the lady of the house.
The Top of the World
11
Was the lady of the house still around, playing her beloved piano?
Ghosts
12
Steve, meanwhile had entered into conversation with the lady of the house.
The Coming of Bill
13
Ay, right enough.-Wouldyou seek the lady of the house at once?
Lady Inger of Ostrat: Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III
14
The drayman asked if the lady of the house was in.
The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
15
The lady of the house takes the head of the table.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
16
To the inquiries of the lady of the house she made no reply.
Town and Country; Or, Life at Home and Abroad, Without and Withi...
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