Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Housewife (-'s, housewives)
household (-s)hover (-ed, -ing, -s)
housewife (-'s, housewives), n. [see house, n., wife, n.; contracted as hŭswife, which pejorated to 'hussy'.]
- Married woman who directs the affairs of home and family.
- [Fig.] personification of nature that performing household tasks.
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