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housekeepinghouse‧keep‧ing /ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] - Despite the simplicity of his lifestyle, Alvin was messy to a degree that drove Holtz to add housekeeping to his duties.
- In an ending worthy of Marilynne Robinson, she gives up housekeeping.
- Many precautions have been devised to avoid contamination, but scrupulous housekeeping is essential in any laboratory routinely undertaking the reaction.
- Paperwork is our bugbear; we can manage the housekeeping between us.
- Services include in-home care such as help with housekeeping, meals or grooming, or in nursing homes or community-based organizations.
- Some legislators set up housekeeping when the biennial gatherings began and played house for the six-month sessions.
ADJECTIVE► good· However, those in the worst housing experience the greatest difficulty in meeting the norms of good housekeeping.· It was true: she did have a reputation for good housekeeping.· Medieval brewers alas knew precious little about good housekeeping practices.· It forced a change of direction in the 1950s and the adoption, under Davis, of good housekeeping policies.· Doubts will be created about management and good housekeeping at the school if there appears to be a shortage of basic equipment. NOUN► money· Dad had insisted on giving her housekeeping money for the weekend. VERB► set· Some legislators set up housekeeping when the biennial gatherings began and played house for the six-month sessions.· Speedo harbored every kind of parasite and fungus that can set up housekeeping in the canine host.· Although they set up housekeeping a couple of years ago, Dave officially proposed last Christmas Eve. 1the work and organization of things that need to be done in a house, hotel etc, for example cooking and buying food: the company in charge of the catering and housekeeping at the college2British English (also housekeeping money) an amount of money that is kept and used to pay for food and other things needed in the home3jobs that need to be done to keep a system working properly |