housewive

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housewive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Housewife \House"wife`\, Housewive \House"wive`\, v. t.
     To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other
     female manager; to economize.
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           Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they
           have well housewived.                    --Fuller.
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