Housewife

(noun.) a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income.

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• This made it very difficult for the housewife to serve the breakfast hot, and particularly the toast, which is a favorite dish of our breakfast table. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Every housewife knows that if a kettle is filled with cold water to begin with, there will be an overflow as soon as the water becomes heated. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• A good housewife is of necessity a humbug; and Cornelia's husband was hoodwinked, as Potiphar was--only in a different way. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Little Dorrit gladly put it by her side, took out her little pocket-housewife, threaded the needle, and began to hem. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Thus, with modern appliances, the housewife operates them at high, medium or low to suit her desires. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But no housewife dare classify the cat and the tiger, the dog and the fox, as the same kind of animal. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• If all the food we eat were utilized for energy, the housewife could cook less, and the housefather could save money on grocer's and butcher's bills. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• You know he says he can make a better cup of tea than any housewife can. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Most of us are familiar with the rain barrel of the country house, and know that the housewife prefers rain water for laundry and general work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Electric irons are particularly valuable in summer, because they eliminate the necessity for a strong fire, and spare the housewife intense heat. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Many housewives look askance at ready-made baking powders and prefer to bake with soda and sour milk, soda and buttermilk, or soda and cream of tartar. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Mrs. Whimple, said Herbert, when I told him so, is the best of housewives, and I really do not know what my Clara would do without her motherly help. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Before the housewives could rest, several people called, and there was a scramble to get ready to see them. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Some thrifty housewives economize by utilizing the cooling effects of evaporation. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Others are used by newsboys, egg farmers, housewives, undertakers, dentists, judges in automobile races, and by persons in a thousand different lines of business. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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