housewives

Variant of housewife

housewife definition

house·wife (ho̵us′wīf′; for 2, usually huz′if)

noun pl. housewives -·wives′ (-wīvz′; for 2, usually huz′ivz)

  1. a woman, esp. a married woman, whose principal occupation is managing a household and taking care of domestic affairs
  2. a small sewing kit

Etymology: ME houswif, huswif

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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