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Meanings of housewife in inglês

russo
домохозяйка
português
dona de casa
catalão
mestressa de casa
espanhol
esposa
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Married family member whose main occupation is running or managing the family's home.

          Related terms
          dona de casa
          português
          dona de casa
          catalão
          mestressa de casa
          espanhol
          ama de casa

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

                dona de casa
                Usage of housewife in inglês
                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
                6
                The patriotic housewife finds her little domestic boat sailing in uncharted waters.
                Everyday Foods in War Time
                7
                The nervous housewife has several difficulties in her relations to her children.
                The Nervous Housewife
                8
                Here, as nowhere else, is the personal supervision of the housewife essential.
                The Complete Home
                9
                The remaining branches of housekeeping apparently do not interest the modern housewife.
                Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework: Business principles appli...
                10
                You don't much want to be a housewife or a queen, either.
                Crown of Slaves
                11
                The thrifty housewife sees to it that her brood are well fed.
                Jean François Millet / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Po...
                12
                One can imagine her attempting to play the role of housewife here.
                BBC
                13
                Vice-President on his ticket is Anne Marie Yezo, a North Bergen housewife.
                The new yorker
                14
                The sight of disease affects him as dust does a careful housewife.
                Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
                15
                America, the land of homes, finds the housewife essential to its future.
                The True Woman / A Series of Discourses, to Which Is Added Woman...
                16
                Any housewife trying this recipe will be greatly pleased with the results.
                Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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