housepride

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

house +‎ pride

Noun[edit]

housepride (uncountable)

  1. pride in the upkeep of one's home; the quality of being house-proud
    • 1982, Patrick Joyce, Work, society and politics: the culture of the factory in later Victorian England, page 114:
      In the West Riding also the woman's real domain was still the home, and her daily experience one of housepride and fatigue.

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