household goods en · NOUN
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) Collectively, products destined for use in the house, for example, for cleaning, cooking, eating, entertainment, personal hygiene, sleeping, and general upkeep.
'Smuggling was a way of life here, with no stigma attached,' David explained. His own granny used to smuggle out rabbit meat, tied to her body, and bring back such coveted Italian goods as chocolate, coffee and brooms. 'Brooms?' I asked him in disbelief. 'Yes, ordinary sorghum brooms, which were in short supply in Communist Yugoslavia, like many other basic household goods,' he said with a smile.
2026 June 24, Vitali Vitaliev, “Life on the borderline”, in RAIL, number 1064, page 68:
Synonyms
houseware · housewifery · house plunder
Translations (9)
ja 所帯道具 (collectively, products destined for use in the house) · pl artykuły użytku domowego (collectively, products destined for use in the house) · kmr hûrûmûr (collectively, products destined for use in the house) · es enseres (collectively, products destined for use in the house) · es menaje (collectively, products destined for use in the house) · es ajuar (collectively, products destined for use in the house) · kmr tiştûmişt (collectively, products destined for use in the house) · es trastos (collectively, products destined for use in the house) · kmr qapûqazan (collectively, products destined for use in the house)