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HOUSEWIFERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does housewifery mean?
• HOUSEWIFERY (noun)
The noun HOUSEWIFERY has 1 sense:
1. the work of a housewife
Familiarity information: HOUSEWIFERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The work of a housewife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("housewifery" is a kind of...):
work (activity directed toward making or doing something)
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