housewifely in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for housewifely in the English»French Dictionary

housewifely [Brit ˈhaʊswʌɪfli, Am ˈhaʊsˌwaɪfli] ADJ

housewifely

de ménagère

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English

This is old-fashioned torrid romance concocted, it would appear, in a crucible of simmering housewifely hormones and dressed up for the 21st century.

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So they surround themselves with rules to convey the impression of housewifely responsibility and prudential management of the public purse.

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Here, we surely detect the woman rather than the prime minister speaking, alert to imputations of lack of housewifely concern.

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