housework has definitions from the fields of work,housing
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[ noun ] (work,housing) the work of cleaning and running a house

Synonyms

housekeeping

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

She was the only kind of Negro Laura_Andrus would want around : independent , unservile , probably charging double what ordinary maids did for housework - and doubly efficient .

Related terms

work housekeep

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