as in wife
a married woman in charge of a household
She was career-minded and never intended to be a 1950s style housewife.
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The siloed role of wife-mother and the persistent belief that women should not aspire for lives beyond the home led to a sense of malaise and disillusionment among housewives.
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
What Allegedly Happened To Linda Napolitano? Linda Napolitano, a NYC housewife and stay-at-home mom, said that on the night of Nov. 30, 1989, three extraterrestrial beings kidnapped her outside her 12th-floor downtown apartment.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Hanks plays a struggling stand-up comedian who comes across a housewife (Sally Field) trying out on open-mic nights who turns out to be pretty good.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
But still, housewives and axes are like Malibu rum and Diet Coke: things that never should mix.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
What Allegedly Happened To Linda Napolitano? Linda Napolitano, a NYC housewife and stay-at-home mom, said that on the night of Nov. 30, 1989, three extraterrestrial beings kidnapped her outside her 12th-floor downtown apartment.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Hanks plays a struggling stand-up comedian who comes across a housewife (Sally Field) trying out on open-mic nights who turns out to be pretty good.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
But still, housewives and axes are like Malibu rum and Diet Coke: things that never should mix.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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