Meaning of Housekeep | Babel Free

Definitions

The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.

archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“The housekeep was back rather quickly with a tray, which held a flagon of ale and a pewter cup as well as bread and cheese.”

“Something clearly went wrong, for in the accounts for 1624, against the record of £50 paid to Jenninges the Housekeep at Theobalds for the setting of those Trees wch my Lord sent the king', Sackville Crowe has written in the margin that "This my Lord would not have comaunded againe though it were for the [king's] use'.”

“'Clumsy, stupid girl!' 'Here, there's no call for that,' the house-keep protested. 'She's only trying to help.'”

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