n. Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Domestic work; the work of housekeeping.
n. Domestic work; the work of housekeeping.
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n. the work of cleaning and running a house
Word Usage
"I finished the galleys for Siege on Friday, spent the weekend up to my eyeballs in housework and SW interviews and stuff, and shortly I run round to the post office to pick up the galleys for Reluctant Mage."