'Sailor's housewife' definitions:
Definition of 'Sailor's housewife'
From: GCIDE
- Housewife \House"wife`\, n. [House + wife. Cf. Hussy.]
- 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He a good husband, a good housewife she. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Usually pronounced ?.) [See Hussy, in this sense.] A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] --P. Skelton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A hussy. [R.] [Usually written huswife.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. Housewife
Definition of 'sailor's housewife'
From: GCIDE
- Ditty-bag \Dit"ty-bag`\, n. A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife. [1913 Webster]