Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HOUSE'WIFE
HOUSE'WIFE, n. [hous'wife; house and wife; contracted into huswife, hussy.]
- The mistress of a family. Pope.
- A female economist; a good manager. Dryden. Addison.
- One skilled in female business. Addison.
- A little case or bag for articles of female work. Shelton.
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