hausfraus

plural of hausfrau

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hausfraus
Noun
  • The next year on the housewives’ Florida trip, though, Gina got so wound up by the thought of sharks and whales lurking in the shallows that when a l’il sharky actually showed up she was reduced to a shaking, crying mess.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Finding and renting a desirable apartment in New York today requires such concessions of conscience, income, and pride that surgeons have postponed operations, housewives have gone back to work, hippies have cut their hair, and families have destroyed their pets.
    Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Around him sat ten women—all of them homemakers and nurses—and one seven-year-old girl.
    Joshua Sharpe August 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The 1990s Father Ted comedy for the BBC centered on three misfit priests and their housekeepers on a remote Irish island.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Hausfraus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hausfraus. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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