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housekeeper

noun as in domestic

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The most infamous case was that of Kanae Kijima, a onetime housekeeper who became a highly paid mistress.

She was once quoted as saying that she wanted to help all women who “are not wasting life being a housekeeper.”

When Hart and Cohle interviewed the old Tuttle housekeeper, she also remembered a scarred face.

It was Beethoven who once fired his housekeeper for telling a lie.

A housekeeper came out to buy some, wiping her hands on her apron.

The doctor, a little puzzled, took his leave, but had not gone ten yards when the housekeeper flew screaming after him.

Phœbe pushed Alice's hand in the direction of the passage that leads to the housekeeper's room.

She is thirty-five now, quite plain, and makes a living as a sort of itinerant housekeeper and caterer.

The housekeeper to the great Lord Wilton, was honour enough to satisfy her moderate ambition.

The next morning Jess was up before the others, as was fitting for a little housekeeper.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to housekeeper, such as: caretaker, chambermaid, housemaid, housewife, maid, and servant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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