| 单词 | house-proud |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse-proud house-proud adj. proud of one's house; attentive to or (now sometimes) unduly preoccupied with the care and appearance of the home. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] > proud in other ways pursy1602 lion-sick1609 purse-proud1634 house-proud1822 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [adjective] > desirous of having house clean and tidy house-proud1822 1822 in L.-M. Hawkins Anecd., Biogr. Sketches & Mem. 139 Did you ever..see one of them who was not either purse-proud, house-proud, horse-proud, or proud in some way or other? 1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. vii. 169 You are what you call house-proud; you like to have everything handsome about you. 1899 Daily News 17 Oct. 4/7 It is a bad thing for the mother of a family if she cannot be a little ‘house-proud’. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Sept. 603/2 His wife, house-proud as most North Country women are. 2007 Independent 30 Jan. 7/1 Fake dog shit to put on your houseproud aunt's Sheraton rug. < as lemmas |
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