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Examples
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Playing the role of Paul ' s wife or " wifedom, " as Julia referred to it must have been hell.
An American in Paris Christopher Kimball 2010
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If a jar has proven too much for my effeminate office worker hands, then I've always taken it one step further into house-wifedom, and used a rubber glove.
Open Stuck Jars With Rubber Bands | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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They're more interesting, though seldom compelling, in the historical sections, which are themselves more interesting for the density of detail gleaned from the novel—the shared excruciation of foot binding, the secret language with which the friends communicate, the irresolvable conflict between their love for one another and the pull of dutiful wifedom.
Harry Potter and the Fantastic Finale Joe Morgenstern 2011
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If a jar has proven too much for my effeminate office worker hands, then I've always taken it one step further into house-wifedom, and used a rubber glove.
Open Stuck Jars With Rubber Bands | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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But this month, I've reclaimed and created new boundaries for work and play, motherhood and wifedom.
Jill Brooke: My Kid Went To Sleepaway Camp and My Husband Started Seeing A New Woman: Me. 2008
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The question is: are we as a nation ready to end our national addiction to duplicity, phony adoration and Stepford wifedom in the White House?
Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks: The Obama Relationship: A Major Benefit Nobody's Talking About 2008
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I didn't realise that motherhood and wifedom had done this; it just snuck up on me.
getting crafty 2004
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Teresa Nielsen Hayden's scathing review of "Fascinating Womanhood," a hoary old marriage text that counsels Christian women on proper wifedom.
Boing Boing: November 25, 2001 - December 1, 2001 Archives 2001
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For, married as she was, she had never in any real sense been a wife, or truly understood what wifedom meant, or heard in her heart the call of the cradle.
Wild Youth, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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The wifedom in her was plundering the wild stores of her generous soul for the man, for -- as Richard had said that day, that memorable day!
The Translation of a Savage, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
chained_bear commented on the word wifedom
The position or condition of a wife, married state (of a woman); the character or qualities of a wife. Also, wifehood.
October 9, 2007