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woman of the house

n. a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns the family income [syn: housewife, homemaker, lady of the house]

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Woman of the House

Woman of the House, an album by Cherish the Ladies, was released in 2005 on the Rounder Records label.

Usage examples of "woman of the house".

It was on the island, it was near his son's school, the woman of the house was a splendid cook, and this man Murrough said he would gillie for him.

The yard was well-swept, which suggested that the woman of the house, who would also have painted it, was conscientious with her reed broom.

The woman of the house was out of danger, but four children had died, three more lay gravely ill, and another was sickening.