bottom the house



bottom the house

antiquated To thoroughly clean every part of a house, i.e., from "top to bottom." Every time we visited my elderly aunt, she told us to help her "bottom the house," as if we were her maids.
See also: bottom, house

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KatiKAH-tee (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Paki-Southern African, Xhosa
Oyunchimeg-Mongolian
Ashfaq-Arabic
DelmarDEL-mərEnglish
Tural-Azerbaijani