HOUSEKEEPING

n. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The state of being occupying a dwelling house as a householder.

2.
n.

Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.

3.
n.

Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions. [Obs.] Tell me, softly and hastly, what's in the pantry Small housekeeping enough, said Phoebe. Sir W. Scott.

4.
a.

Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities.

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