huswife

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7

Definition of huswife

2 senses · 2 parts of speech

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of housewife.
    “Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off.”
    “He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore.”
    “And for my part, I was all in a fright for fear your sister should ask us for the huswifes she had gave us a day or two before; but however, nothing was said about them, and I took care to keep mine out of sight.”
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noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of housewife.
    “Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off.”
    “He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore.”
    “And for my part, I was all in a fright for fear your sister should ask us for the huswifes she had gave us a day or two before; but however, nothing was said about them, and I took care to keep mine out of sight.”

verb

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of housewive.

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