Meaning of sit-by-the-fire | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who prefers to stay at home rather than go out and socialize.

Examples

“It's remarkable how marriage changes them. I mean nobody would ever thought ^([sic]) Celia Sayles would turn out to be a sit-by-the-fire. I mean she still likes a good time, but her home and kiddies come first. I mean her home and kiddies come first.”

“The moment he allows the emphasis to swing the other way he becomes a sit-by-the-fire, a cockerel, a drone, a henpeck. A woman steps into this man's sphere at her peril.”

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