Meaning of house-keeper | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of housekeeper.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“PERMIT⟳ me honoured Madam to lay⟳ before you, a Work⟳, for which I am ambitious of obtaining your Ladyſhip’s Approbation, as much as to oblige a great Number⟳ of my Friends, who are well acquainted with the Practice I have⟳ had in the Art of Cookery, ever ſince I left your Ladyſhip’s Family, and have⟳ often ſollicited me to publiſh for the Inſtruction of their Houſe-keepers.”

“Before any person can become⟳ a Tackle Porter he must give⟳ bond with four sufficient house-keepers as sureties, for 500l. to make⟳ restitution for any loss or damage⟳ that may be sustained through his neglect⟳ or connivance.”

“[…] left alone to bear⟳ the worrying of Mrs. Norris, who was cross because the house-keeper would have⟳ her own⟳ way with the supper, and whom she could not avoid⟳ though the house-keeper might, Fanny was worn down at last⟳ to think⟳ every thing an evil belonging to the ball, […]”

“It is intended as a means of rendering house-keepers thinking beings, and not as they have⟳ hitherto often been, mere pieces of mechanism; or, what is little better, the mere creatures of habit or slaves of custom.”

“Our model⟳ house-keeper minded closely her own⟳ business, never moving about or rootching around in what did not concern⟳ her.”

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