Housekeepers
[haʊs,ki:pəz]
Examples
- 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.
Editor: Segre