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Definition of Housemates
1. housemate [n] - See also: housemate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housemates
Literary usage of Housemates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"It is also true that the Male's temporary absences from home become more and more
frequent after puberty, and that housemates before puberty thus become ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
""housemates" details the growth of a soul. The etory is of a clergyman's son who
goes to London, chances to stop in a lodging house oí sinister character, ..."
3. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"At the flat they found her two housemates and a girl who had been to jail for
... "He's terribly nice," said her housemates, and waited for confidences. ..."
4. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"This helps us to understand why marriage with housemates is usually ...
Such relationship is a looser bond, therefore, than that between housemates. ..."
5. The Bookman's Manual: A Guide to Literature by Bessie Graham (1921)
""housemates" details the growth of a soul. The story is of a clergyman's son who
goes to London, chances to stop in a lodging house of sinister character, ..."
6. The Family: An Ethnographical and Historical Outline with Descriptive Notes by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1906)
"Can housemates separate from the household ? For what reasons ? Can housemates
be exiled from the household ? For what reasons ? With what consequences ? ..."
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