| 单词 | housekeeping keys |
| 释义 | > as lemmashousekeeping keys housekeeping keys n. now chiefly historical house keys, esp. those for various rooms or cupboards used for domestic purposes, traditionally in the charge of the female head of a household employing servants. ΚΠ 1842 H. Campbell Self-devotion I. 41 A little table with drawing materials..[and] a large bunch of housekeeping keys, that shared the resting place of the crayons and pencils. 1903 R. Owen Red-headed Gill xiii. 152 I was simply going to ask you for the housekeeping keys, Aunt Eliza. 1995 E. Langland Nobody's Angels ii. 53 David Copperfield's mother signals her weakness by relinquishing her housekeeping keys to Miss Murdstone. < as lemmas |
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