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单词 housekeeping expenses
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housekeeping expenses
a. attributive, with the sense ‘of or relating to the maintenance or running of a household’, as housekeeping expenses, housekeeping duties, housekeeping chores, etc.
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1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. 26 Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, with all the Appendages belonging to them, have no Business to be enrolled in the List of House-keeping Expences.
1805 Port Folio 6 July 206/3 This youthful female..means only a modest statement of her capacity to discharge all housekeeping duties.
1859 Harper's New Monthly Mag. July 174/1 They disposed of themselves around ‘their kitchen fire,’ and after their fashion ‘did up the housekeeping chores,’ and finished their repast.
1888 Good Housek. 3 Mar. 215/2 They appeal to the housekeepers of the future;..to the young women starting forward in the journey, whose housekeeping habits are not fixed and unchangeable.
1957 Rotarian Apr. 18/2 She receives an allowance for housekeeping expenses, from which she buys food and clothing.
1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 107 I try to avoid the drudgery of housekeeping chores, which is more up Rachel's alley if she can stoop to being helpful on a given day.
2004 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 15 May 3 Some of the students will be placed in homestays, while others will go flatting, supported by people to help with mowing the lawns and with housekeeping duties.
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