housekeeperless
English
Etymology
From housekeeper + -less.
Adjective
housekeeperless (not comparable)
- Without a housekeeper.
- 1854 February 15, “Nayland”, in The Essex Standard, volume XXIV, number 1209, Colchester, Essex, column 5:
- […] the brother had betaken himself to his housekeeperless home;
- 1911 August 15, “Cooking in Paper Bags; How to Do It---And How Not”, in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, volume 72, number 225, Brooklyn, N.Y., section “M. Nicolas Soyer and His Cook Book”, page 4, column 2:
- Are you in this unenviable state—wifeless, housekeeperless, untrained in the delights of the cook stove and unexpectedly burdened with a finicky guest, who positively won’t be lured to a restaurant?
- 1942 August 22, “Housekeeper Wanted by Tommy Riggss”, in Harrisburg Telegraph, volume CXII, number 199, Harrisburg, Pa.:
- Tommy Riggs and his housekeeper, Mrs. McIntyre, will have harsh words over the size of the grocery bills, with the result that Tommy and Betty Lou will find themselves housekeeperless, on the “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou” program Tuesday, over WHP and the Columbia network at 9 p. m.