ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Houseproud

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Houseproud is an adjective meaning Alternative form of house-proud.

Meaning

Alternative form of house-proud.

Example Sentences

We also witness Marlowe at his most houseproud, serving coffee for Eileen Wade[…]
Houses are not mirrors for Narcissuses, and even the most houseproud people don't eat off the kitchen floor, whatever they say.
Miss Molyneux was extremely proud of her doors and ceilings and fire places, but indeed she was altogether what Lancashire folk call a "houseproud woman."

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include home-sewn, house-broken, pipe-and-slippers, well heeled, spick and span, neathanded.

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