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housekeeperless

housekeeperless adjective: without a housekeeper.

Adjective

housekeeperless (not comparable)

  1. Without a housekeeper.
    • […]the brother had betaken himself to his housekeeperless home;1854 February 15, “Nayland”, in The Essex Standard, volume XXIV, number 1209, Colchester, Essex, column 5
    • Are you in this unenviable state—wifeless, housekeeperless, untrained in the delights of the cook stove and unexpectedly burdened with a finicky guest, who positively won’t be lured to a restaurant?1911 August 15, “Cooking in Paper Bags; How to Do It---And How Not”, in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, volume 72, number 225, Brooklyn, N.Y., section “M. Nicolas Soyer and His Cook Book”, page 4, column 2

Origin of housekeeperless

From housekeeper + -less.

Questions about housekeeperless

What does housekeeperless mean?
Housekeeperless means without a housekeeper.
What part of speech is housekeeperless?
Housekeeperless is an adjective.

Words near housekeeperless in the dictionary

  1. househusbands
  2. housekeep
  3. housekeeper
  4. housekeeperess
  5. housekeeperesses
  6. housekeeperless
  7. housekeeperly
  8. housekeepers
  9. housekeeping
  10. housekeeping bill
  11. housekeeping bills

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