Definition of "house-proud" [house-proud]

• Proud of one's house or its furnishings or upkeep. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "On the first occasion, Sir Ralph, a fireworks enthusiast, had been invited by Olivier and his house-proud future wife, Vivien Leigh, to celebrate her birthday at their bijoux London home."
• "From my window I observed all the preparations, including the meticulous rearrangement along the street of the various pint-sized glossy-red Renault fire-engines so as to open up the necessary space inside the cour; the stocking of large ice-boxes with mountains of refraichements; the watering of the geraniums in the window-boxes; the house-proud sweeping, primping, buffing, and tidying that distinguishes the corporate pride of this small army of efficient, exceptionally handsome young men."
• "As I toured the galleries with the VMFA's ebullient director, Alex Nyerges, and his house-proud curators, it was clear that the 165,000-square-foot expansion, designed by the American-born, London-based architect Rick Mather, had deftly accomplished its purpose providing art-friendly spaces for the museum's large and growing collections and temporary exhibitions, while simplifying the complexities of navigating the museum's original 1936 building, three successive additions and the new wing."