housepride
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]housepride (uncountable)
- 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.