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housepride en · NOUN

Etymology

From house + pride.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) pride in the upkeep of one's home; the quality of being house-proud
    • In the West Riding also the woman's real domain was still the home, and her daily experience one of housepride and fatigue. 1982, Patrick Joyce, Work, society and politics: the culture of the factory in later Victorian England, page 114: