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housekeeper

Noun

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One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.

One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.

One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household.

One who keeps or stays much at home.

A house dog.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I'm a great housekeeper. I get divorced. I keep the house. Zsa Zsa Gabor

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. Thornton Wilder

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. Eleanor Roosevelt

Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. Arthur Conan Doyle

The daughter of a spry old woman makes a poor housekeeper. American Proverb

The daughter of a spry old woman makes a poor housekeeper. Albanian Proverb

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