Definition of "housewifery" [house•wif•er•y]

• The function or duties of a housewife; housekeeping. (noun)

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• "Her appearance to be sure was decent, and she was always distinguished by the name of Miss, and she was taught just to read and write, and a little plain housewifery with her needle."
• "Indeed, a family's ability to hire servant girls and free the mistress for productive work was a sign of its increasing affluence, not its poverty, and most women did not aspire to escape outdoor work and immerse themselves in housewifery."
• "Cooking and "housewifery" isn't shown to be wrong; it's just shown to not be what Callie likes doing."