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keep house

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keep house
to clean, wash clothes, cook, and do other similar jobs in a home. His cousin Ella lived there and kept house for both of them.
See also: house, keep


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Only when the lark shall mate with the nightingale, and the honey-bee and the clock-beetle keep house together, shall I wed another maid.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
Delia Weeks, for example, was a maiden lady who did dressmaking in a small way; she fell ill, and although attended by all the physicians in the neighborhood, was sinking slowly into a decline when her cousin Cyrus asked her to come and keep house for him in Lewiston.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
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