HOUSEWORK
NOUNS
► BLACKGUARD a duster or cloth used in doing the dirtiest housework → 1898 (Bk.)
► CHAMBERWORK housework; housecleaning → 1870 Amer. dial.
► PAIGLE ► PEGIL the menial or rough work to be done about a house; the dirty household jobs → 1808 Sc.
► PAIGLIN the dirty work of a household → 1880 Sc.
► SHITWORK work considered esp. by feminists to be menial or routine, esp. housework → 20C sl.
► TIFTER the scrubbing of a house from top to bottom → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► DOMESTICANT a person who performs domestic duties → 1899
VERBS
► DO THE ROUGH to do the heavier, rougher part of housework → 1933
► PAIGLE ► PEGIL to do the dirty work of a household → 1880 Sc.
► SKIVVY to perform heavy, boring, menial household chores → 1984 UK sl.
► TIDDLY to do the lighter kind of housework → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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