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Meanings of playing house in inglés

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Children's game, in which players take on the roles of a nuclear family (e.g.

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Usage of playing house in inglés
1
We were playing house, and how long could that last? asks Shalena.
Ebony
2
Things went back to normal, and we were once again playing house.
Oh lord, help me keep my panties on
3
Foals started out playing house parties before moving onto small venues.
BBC
4
Growing up, she'd probably played Resistance while the other kids were playing house.
Moonburn
5
Little woman decide she isn't quite ready to quit playing house?
Revolutionary Road
6
I was playing house with them and that's all I wanted.
Suck it, wonder woman!: the misadventures of a hollywood geek
7
They had given up playing house and had played crowbar all day instead.
Crowds / A Moving-Picture of Democracy
8
Tending one's imitation baby is not team-work; nor is playing house.
The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric Culture
9
Well, one morning I was sitting at the foot of the staircase playing house.
The Governess
10
In the meantime, Hannah was playing house with Ben Podowski.
Watch them die
11
Julie Powell and her husband in Queens never convincingly congeal; they're just playing house.
The Guardian
12
And it won't seem so much like playing house.
Miss Prudence: A Story of Two Girls' Lives.
13
I mean, this was my husband, not some silly boy I was playing house with.
Ebony
14
Ramone continued, Jasper is playing house with Heather.
From dawn to deceit
15
So he started playing house concerts out of necessity, to fill in the dates between official gigs.
Radio NZ
16
Fatima had no interest in playing house.
Ebony
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Playing house across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common