The huswife is she that to labour doth fall, the labour of hir I doo huswiferie call.
What husband prouideth with monie his drudge, the huswife must looke to, which waie it doth trudge.
Good huswife good fame hath of best in the towne, Ill huswife ill name hath of euerie clowne.
A dailie good lesson, of huswife in deede, is God to remember, the better to speede.
But one thing I warne thee, let huswife be nurse, least husband doo find thée too franke with his purse.
E430] 6 The huswife so named (of keeping the house,) must tend on hir profit, as cat on the mouse.
Let huswife be caruer, let[1] pottage be heate, a messe to eche one, with a morsell of meate.
If widow, both huswife and husband may be, what cause hath a widower lesser than she?
Good husband without it is needfull there be, good huswife within as needfull as he.
A huswifegood betimes will rise, And order things in comelie wise, Hir minde is set to thriue: Vpon hir distaffe she will spinne, And with hir needle she will winne, If such ye hap to wiue.
How plain dealing is overthrown, That let a man do the best that he may, An idle huswife will work his decay, Yet art is no burthen; tho ill we may speed, Our labour will help us in time of our need.
O this &c But to conclude in hast, I hold it not amisse, I love a cleanly huswife well as may appeare by this.
Pray be not sicke, For you must be our Huswife Imo.
I play the noble huswife with the time, to entertaine it so merrily with a foole Clo.
Come, lay aside your stitchery, I must haue you play the idle Huswife with me this afternoone Virg.
Excellent, it hangs like flax on a distaffe: & I hope to see a huswife take thee between her legs, & spin it off An.
Now will I question Cassio of Bianca, A Huswife that by selling her desires Buyes her selfe Bread, and Cloath.
Ergo, my daughter told him that if he was seeking for a huswife she wondered that he lost his time in riding to Coserow to no purpose, for that she knew of no huswife for him there, which vexed him so sore that he never came again.
I therefore answered with all humility, that I could not force my child, and that I loved to have her about me, seeing that my dear huswife had departed this life during the heavy pestilence, and I had no child but only her.
I have the huswife now,' said his mother; 'it came back among his things.
With three big darning-needles out from a red-leather huswife that my poor dear sister Mary gave me for a keep-sake when I went away.
But, an' thou in our bounds will bigg, And bide, as well as may be, Then thou thy dearest huswife maun To me for a lemman gie.
Doe soe then: deliver them to the best Huswife in all this company: for wee shall haue as much vse of her paines and patience there as here.
I therefore answered with all humility that I could not force my child, and that I loved to have her about me, seeing that my dear huswife had departed this life during the heavy pestilence, and I had no child but only her.
The roadman straightened himself and leaned upon his mattock; the huswife shut the back door, and the dog crept into his barrel.
In a cottage garden the dog, high on his haunches at the length of his chain, cocked his ears towards the huswife in the wash-house, hoping against hope for a miracle.
Ay, for I am sure I can huswife it better for your honour; not but that I shall be willing to encourage you with pocket-money, or so, sometimes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "huswife" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
