huswif

Middle English

Etymology

From hus (“house”) + wif (“woman, wife”).

Noun

huswif

  1. housewife
  2. A housewife's tool kit. A portable cloth roll up kit for sewing tools, from being referred to as an extension of a housewife.

Descendants
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