Definition of "housewive" []

• To manage with skill and economy. (verb)

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• "Hirshman won't be happy even if the US elects a woman president who appoints an all-woman supreme court, as long as there remains a single woman in the world who chooses to be a housewive and is completely happy with her role."
• "A writer for New Republic said Hillary Clinton is a hellish housewive."
• "Once he walked into his brother's place and complained of headache. the housewive gave him a pain reliever."