Definition of Housecleanings

1. housecleaning [n] - See also: housecleaning

Lexicographical Neighbors of Housecleanings

housebuying
housecall
housecalls
housecar
housecare
housecarl
housecarls
housecars
housecat
housecats
houseclean
housecleaned
housecleaner
housecleaners
housecleaning
housecleanings (current term)
housecleans
housecoat
housecoats
housecraft
housed
housedog
housedoor
housedoors
housedress
housedresses
housefather
housefathers
houseflies
housefloor

Literary usage of Housecleanings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"... and was "remarkably indifferent to material annoyances,", "regarding 'earthquakes' [housecleanings] as something almost laughable. ..."

2. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"... and was "remarkably indifferent to material annoyances," "regarding 'earthquakes' [housecleanings] as something almost laughable. ..."

3. Modern Progress and History: Addresses on Various Academic Occasions by James Joseph Walsh (1912)
"Ten years ago this might have been said of many of our cities and there have been rather vigorous housecleanings that have improved conditions. ..."

4. Dominion Dental Journal (1907)
"The hands and the face are scrubbed religiously every day and oftener; the head has its comb and brush, with periodic cleans- ings akin to housecleanings. ..."

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