Housekeeping vs Housekeep - What's the difference?
housekeeping | housekeep |
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
* 1842 , Samuel Laing, Notes of a traveller (page 474)
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
* Sir Walter Scott
To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
*{{quote-book, year=1904, author=Carolyn Wells, title=Patty at Home, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I would go to school, and practise, and housekeep , and club; all in their proper proportions--" Here Patty glanced at her father. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1901, author=Kate Douglas Wiggin, title=Penelope's Irish Experiences, chapter=, edition=
, passage="I knew our week at this hotel was out to-morrow," she continued, "and we've about used up this place, anyway, and the new village that I've b'en to is the prettiest place we've seen yet; it's got an up-and-down hill to it, just like home, and the house I've partly rented is opposite a fair green, where there's a market every week, and Wednesday's the day; and we'll save money, for I shan't cost you so much when we can housekeep ." }}
As a noun housekeeping
is the chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.As a verb housekeep is
to carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.housekeeping
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- Those who with us would have their own little housekeepings and cooking, have not the means, nor perhaps the taste, for such domestic comfort, and take their victuals at the trattoria, or cook-shop.
- The computer program does some general housekeeping involving initializing variables and opening files before beginning the main processing.
- "Care not thou about that," said Joliffe; "but tell me, softly and hastily, what is in the pantry?"
"Small housekeeping enough," said Phoebe; "a cold capon and some comfits, and the great standing venison pasty, with plenty of spice — a manchet or two besides, and that is all."
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