Usage of "lady of the house"

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

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Examples for "housewife"

She later met my father and became a housewife, rearing seven children. 
 Jamaica Observer 

All have vanished now; and the housewife betakes herself to the stores. 
 Since Cézanne 

The housewife filled the saucepan again and set it over the fire. 
 The Child's World: Third Reader 

HRT current utilization was negatively associated with age and being a housewife. 
 Pubmed 

Sir, - I am a housewife in Kerry with four small children. 
 The Irish Times 

The reason was simple: the Jewish homemaker already knew how to cook. 
 97 orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one ... 

Well, I'm a homemaker and that takes up a lot of time. 
 The Irish Times 

Take the Orange County, California, homemaker who goes by the handle Canary. 
 Wired 

Some house- broken homemaker is not going to make me look bad. 
 Terminal Compromise 

With the site selected, the great problem of building next confronts the homemaker. 
 Vocational Guidance for Girls 

The woman of the house says, however, she has stopped planting pansies. 
 The Irish Times 

The epistle of Thomas to the woman of the house of Harold. 
 Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 

From the woman of the house she at last learned the cause. 
 Devereux — Complete 

Now I think of it, call also the woman of the house. 
 "The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty 

The woman of the house brought her for food an unusual delicacy. 
 The Mormon Prophet 

Uso de lady of the house em inglês

Charmingly bossy service from the lady of the house, and great value. 
 The Guardian 

The lady of the house asked how she liked her new school. 
 The new yorker 

When the lady of the house heard these lines, she cried: 'Oh! 
 The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1 

But further surprise was in store for the lady of the house. 
 A Woman Intervenes 

The orphan was silent, but the lady of the house replied promptly: 
 St. Elmo 

She swept aside the drapery and entered-thestately lady of the house. 
 Mr. Achilles 

At the door, I look round, saluting the lady of the house. 
 Poor Miss Finch 

The lady of the house was wearing a pale brown silk gown. 
 New york: the novel 

I was bound, of course, to answer the lady of the house. 
 The Fallen Leaves 

Sure, it's time I introduced myself to the lady of the house. 
 The Top of the World 

Was the lady of the house still around, playing her beloved piano? 
 Ghosts 

Steve, meanwhile had entered into conversation with the lady of the house. 
 The Coming of Bill 

Ay, right enough.-Wouldyou seek the lady of the house at once? 
 Lady Inger of Ostrat: Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III 

The drayman asked if the lady of the house was in. 
 The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na... 

The lady of the house takes the head of the table. 
 Routledge's Manual of Etiquette 

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... 

Translations for lady of the house

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Significados de lady of the house em inglês