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housewife

homemaker, householder, homeowner, consumer, woman who works at home, woman, home/household manager, customer, shopper, parent, "domestic goddess" (Roseanne Barr). "Housewife" marries a woman to her house and identifies someone by gender and marital status (both often irrelevant in the context). See also house husband, housework, second shift, working mother/working wife/working woman.


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