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单词 housecraft
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housecraftn.

Brit. /ˈhaʊskrɑːft/, /ˈhaʊskraft/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌkræft/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.1, craft n.
Etymology: < house n.1 + craft n.
The art of household management; skill in domestic duties. Also: this as a subject of study. Frequently attributive.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management
housewifeship?c1225
cove and keyc1250
husbandryc1300
economica1393
ménagea1393
householda1398
householdinga1425
housewifery1440
economyc1454
economics1535
house rule1579
householdry1581
managery1586
housekeeping1652
household management1741
notability1756
homebuilding1757
domestic economy1778
Wirtschaft1841
homekeeping1846
housecraft1848
homemaking1863
home economics1872
home science1886
household science1896
domestic science1897
1848 Art-union 10 23/1 This Dorcas..was withal kindly, courteous, and intelligent,..and well learned in simple garden and house craft.
1896 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 9 Apr. 2/3 There is no reason why a year at a manual training school, where instruction is given in cooking and general housecraft, should be considered demeaning to an educated woman.
1910 Daily Chron. 1 Mar. 9/1 Ignorance of housecraft is the favourite reproach brought against the modern woman.
1930 Birmingham Post 10 Dec. 4/3 Housecraft classes at the Victoria Institute.
1992 C. Hardyment Home Comfort Pref. p. xiii The written history of the layout and workings of domestic offices is patchy... I have had to glean it from guidebooks, housecraft manuals, treatises on dairyies, [etc.].
2006 G. Branfoot So Many Memories xviii. 311 She frowned. ‘Hot water cooks the casein in the milk, so it's harder to get clean. Hangover from housecraft.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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