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stay-at-home dads

stay-at-home dads is the plural of stay-at-home dad.

Meaning of stay-at-home dad

Noun

stay-at-home dad (plural stay-at-home dads)

  1. A father who is the main caregiver of the children and is generally the homemaker of the household.
    • On that note, are any of us guys prepared to have our wives be the sole breadwinners? As one stay-at-home dad said: “I feel funny buying my wife $40 worth of roses with her money.”2000 November 26, James Schembari, “Derring-Do of the Stay-at-Home Dad”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about stay-at-home dads

What is stay-at-home dads the plural of?
Stay-at-home dads is the plural of stay-at-home dad.

Words near stay-at-home dads in the dictionary

  1. stay up
  2. stay within the lines
  3. stay'd
  4. stay-at-home
  5. stay-at-home dad
  6. stay-at-home dads
  7. stay-at-home order
  8. stay-at-home orders
  9. stay-at-homer
  10. stay-at-homers
  11. stay-at-homes

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