Examples of housefather in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Dasani’s housefather, Jason McQuiddy, who walks up the hill to where the bus is parked.
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New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
Soon café-society photographer Patrick McMullan emerged as the town house’s unofficial housefather.
—Bryan Burrough, The Hive, 4 July 2017
New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
Soon café-society photographer Patrick McMullan emerged as the town house’s unofficial housefather.
—Bryan Burrough, The Hive, 4 July 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
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“Housefather.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housefather. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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