ˈhome-keeping, a.
[home n. 15 h and i.]
That keeps or takes care of a home; that keeps or remains at home, home-staying.
| 1591 Shakes. Two Gent. i. i. 2 Home-keeping-youth, haue euer homely wits. 1826 Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 258 An eldest sister..a home-keeping Martha North. 1888 Daily News 26 Sept. 6/1 The sun of an Indian summer—no home-keeping Englishman knows what that means. |
So ˈhome-keeping n.; ˈhome-keeper, the keeper or guardian of a home.
| 1598 Florio, Mansionaro, a homekeeper, a housling. 1846 Grote Greece i. i. (1862) I. 47 We find ascribed to her..attributes of industry and home-keeping. 1898 Pop. Sci. Monthly LII. 534 Oikology, from its Greek derivation, includes also family life or homekeeping. 1898 Chicago Advance 20 Jan. 75/1 A living homekeeper's thoughtful care. |