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"Her earnestness was so expressive of her being uneasy without her
work, that Flora answered, 'Well my dear whatever you like best,'
and produced a basket of white handkerchiefs. Little Dorrit gladly
put it by her side, took out her little pocket-housewife, threaded
the needle, and began to hem."
I learned that word in the Army, when a missing button could get you extra duty.I had a packet of needles, olive drab and black thread, plus a pair of miniature scissors in my toiletry case along with my razor, comb and hairbrush.
I have seen the word corrupted to "hussif".
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How very, very sweet, Bill! These 'always prepared' types amaze me in my continual state of disorganization.
So, those little packets of thread and needles one occasionally finds in a motel room are house-wifes? (Oh, certainly we wouldn't call them house-wives, would we?)
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Surprising things may be found in motel rooms. I once found
remains of an abortion.
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