housewife

noun4

1. •
   A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.

   • Mr Torture sells pain / To the housewives in Spain / He knows just what they crave / Mr Torture — 2000
2. •
   The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
3. •
   A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.

   • Woffington's housewife, made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world — 1852
4. •
   (no longer used) A worthless woman; a hussy.