HOUSEWIFE
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANGEL IN THE HOUSE an idealized housewife or homemaker who shows selfless devotion to her husband and children → 1847
► BANATEE a housewife → 1961 Irish sl.
► DABBLER a suburban housewife giving lesbianism a try → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► DAISY a housewife → 1970s African-American sl.
► DAISY DUMPLING a middle-class, heterosexual housewife → 1950s homosexual sl.
► DAME the ‘lady’ of the house; the mistress of a household, a housewife; also humorously applied to an aged housewife → 1330 arch. or Eng. dial.
► DAW an untidy woman or housewife, a slut, a slattern → 1500 Sc.
► DILLOCK an inefficient housewife → 19C Eng. dial.
► DILP a thriftless housewife → 1768 Sc. obs.
► GILL-FLURT a proud, vain woman; also, a slut or light housewife → 1593 UK
► GILT ‘a slut or light housewife’ → 1698 UK sl.
► HAIRPIN a housewife → 1962 Amer. tramps’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAUSFRAU ► HAUSVROW a housewife, esp. in reference to a strong, homely woman; a housekeeper, a home-keeping woman → 1798 occasionally derogatory
► HEMMA a wife, a housewife → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► HEMMALD a housewife; the mistress of a house → 1914 Sc. (Bk.)
► HISSIE ► HISSY ► HIZZIE ► HIZZY a housewife; a woman of any age, but generally applied to a young girl → 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MISS SEARS an unliberated woman, the American housewife → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► MOLLY PUTZ a careless, slovenly woman; a careless housewife → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MRS. MCCLARTY a dirty, slovenly housewife → 1845 Sc.
► SCHEMER a good manager; a clever, careful housewife → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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