单词 | housekeeping expenses |
释义 | > as lemmashousekeeping 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. ΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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