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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.

Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.

Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.

[Obs.]

Tell me, softly and hastily, what’s in the pantry?
Small

housekeeping

enough, said Phœbe.

Sir W. Scott.

Adj.

Domestic; used in a family;

as,

housekeeping

commodities

Adj.

hous'keeping. Domestic; used in a family; as housekeeping commodities. [Little used.]

Noun.

[As above.] The family state in a dwelling.

Hospitality; a plentiful and hospitable table. [Not used in U. States.]