Housewife

Examples

• This made it very difficult for the housewife to serve the breakfast hot, and particularly the toast, which is a favorite dish of our breakfast table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Every housewife knows that if a kettle is filled with cold water to begin with, there will be an overflow as soon as the water becomes heated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A good housewife is of necessity a humbug; and Cornelia's husband was hoodwinked, as Potiphar was--only in a different way. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Little Dorrit gladly put it by her side, took out her little pocket-housewife, threaded the needle, and began to hem. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Thus, with modern appliances, the housewife operates them at high, medium or low to suit her desires. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But no housewife dare classify the cat and the tiger, the dog and the fox, as the same kind of animal. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If all the food we eat were utilized for energy, the housewife could cook less, and the housefather could save money on grocer's and butcher's bills. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• You know he says he can make a better cup of tea than any housewife can. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Most of us are familiar with the rain barrel of the country house, and know that the housewife prefers rain water for laundry and general work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Electric irons are particularly valuable in summer, because they eliminate the necessity for a strong fire, and spare the housewife intense heat. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Many housewives look askance at ready-made baking powders and prefer to bake with soda and sour milk, soda and buttermilk, or soda and cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Mrs. Whimple, said Herbert, when I told him so, is the best of housewives, and I really do not know what my Clara would do without her motherly help. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Before the housewives could rest, several people called, and there was a scramble to get ready to see them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Some thrifty housewives economize by utilizing the cooling effects of evaporation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Others are used by newsboys, egg farmers, housewives, undertakers, dentists, judges in automobile races, and by persons in a thousand different lines of business. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Editor: Lorna