keep house

to manage a household. I hate to keep house. I'd rather live in a tent than keep house. My grandmother kept house for nearly sixty years.

to clean, wash clothes, cook, and do other similar jobs in a home His cousin Ella lived there and kept house for both of them.

Manage a household, especially do the housework. For example, It's difficult to find time to keep house when you work full-time. [c. 1600]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Husam	hu-SAH:M	Arabic
Lorenzo	[lɔ'renzəu]
Charlie	['tʃa:li]
Mordecai	MAWR-də-kie (English)	Biblical, Hebrew
Alven	['ælvən]
Tavish	-	Scottish