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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill.

Tusser.

Noun.

The business of managing the concerns of a family by a female; female management, good or bad.

huswifery ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) The business of a housewife; female homemaking.
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