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/ˈhaʊs.waɪf/ · noun
(plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking..
It was a housewife, containing needles, a bodkin, and thread; ‘and, do you know,’ added he, ‘it was the most useful thing she could have given me, for it lasted all the time I was at Rome to mend my clothes with […].’
Woffington's housewife, made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world
The "soldier's housewife" was a small sewing kit that was carried to make timely repairs to clothing and equipment.
Career opportunity […] is the one who never knocks — especially not on the doors of women, who are still hooking, housewifing and hairdressing for their livings.
Use housewife when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Housewife means (plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking..
Common synonyms include henhussy, hussy, housekeeper, lady of the house.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was a housewife, containing needles, a bodkin, and thread; ‘and, do you know,’ added he, ‘it was the most useful thing she could have given me, for it lasted all the time I was at Rome to mend my clothes with […].’
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