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US
/ˈhaʊˌskipɝ/
]
[ UK /hˈaʊskiːpɐ/ ]
[ UK /hˈaʊskiːpɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
How To Use housekeeper In A Sentence
- But when he returned to his room to give his other half the glad tidings, the housekeeper, who was listening to the story, interrupted to tell them that she knew of plenty of empty rooms.
- This solution gives homeowners the freedom of never having to carry or circulate multiple sets of keys, coupled with the ability to instantaneously grant entry to family members, friends, unexpected house guests, and service providers such as handymen and housekeepers. HomeToys News
- They were crammed with what we term indirect workers—workers on their way to relieve a fellow employee, machine repairers en route to troubleshoot a problem, housekeepers, inventory runners. The Machine That Changed the World
- The radar ovens and cybernated housekeepers did all the work; the only thing left for the men in charge was to make sure they were working properly. Starchild Omnibus
- The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers. The Baronet's Bride
- Ida Willis is a no-nonsense, interfering housekeeper whose temperament is ill-suited to her clients.
- That includes paying for the housekeeper and gardener. Times, Sunday Times
- Mrs. Hemmings, the housekeeper, went upstairs, imagining Horatio to be there. ALL ABOUT LOVE
- You'd better ring for the housekeeper to bring more soap.
- I think not," she said; "Saunders says that his mother is the most 'siccar' housekeeper that he kens of, and that after a while ye get to mind her tongue nae mair nor the mill fanners. The Lilac Sunbonnet