Housekeeper
['haʊskiːpə] or ['haʊskipɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household.
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Definition
(n.) One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.
(n.) One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.
(n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household.
(n.) One who keeps or stays much at home.
(n.) A house dog.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are a housekeeper, denotes you will have labors which will occupy your time, and make pleasure an ennobling thing. To employ one, signifies comparative comfort will be possible for your obtaining.
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Examples
- In that case why not question the housekeeper? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My footman was at that instance setting off for my sister and Dr. Bain: and my good housekeeper was in tears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To have mentioned it to my housekeeper would have been at once to put it out of the question. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She had not been there for the last three days, and the housekeeper had given her leave to go home for an hour or two that evening. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Was the housekeeper the only person who saw her? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And, by the bye, can I or my housekeeper be of any use to you with our opinion? Jane Austen. Emma.
- In half the time which he had named, he had captured the housekeeper's goodwill and was chatting with her as if he had known her for years. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He remarked that we must not disturb the housekeeper. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The first person whom I met in crossing the servants' hall was Mrs. Michelson, the housekeeper. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Such a housekeeper Marie St. Clare was not, nor her mother before her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The housekeeper could not help us--Laura could not help us--Marian could not help us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mrs. Bedwin,' said Mr. Brownlow, when the housekeeper appeared; 'that boy, Oliver, is an imposter. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The housekeeper stood wringing her hands, entreating me to desist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Chesney Wold, Thomas, rejoins the housekeeper with proud complacency, will set my Lady up! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yielding, therefore, the chair at the bedside to the quaint old housekeeper, Volumnia sits at a table a little removed, sympathetically sighing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My dear made the best of housekeepers and tried hard to save, but I knew that they were getting poorer and poorer every day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Good housekeepers drop small bits of charcoal into vases of flowers to prevent discoloration of the water and the odor of decaying stems. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was managed by the constables of the respective wards in turn; the constable summoned a number of housekeepers to attend him for the night. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Go, if you like--there are plenty of housekeepers as good as you to be had for the asking. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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