HOUSEKEEPING


Meaning of HOUSEKEEPING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ 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.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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.

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