house husband Meaning of "house husband"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income

Usage(s):

  1. Brad (Patrick Wilson) is a house husband, sweetly raising his adorable little son and pretending to study for the bar exam while his wife (Jennifer Connelly) makes documentary .
  2. After a dozen years of dedicated careerism, Koppel astonished colleagues in 1976 by giving up his coveted beat and taking almost a year to be a house husband while his wife Grace .
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