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baleboste

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ba⋅le⋅bos⋅te

  [bah-luh-buhs-tuh, -baws-]
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–noun Informal.
a capable, efficient housewife, esp. a traditional Jewish one, devoted to maintaining a well-run home.
Also, ba⋅le⋅bus⋅te  [bah-luh-buhs-tuh, -boos-] .

Origin:
< Yiddish bal(e)boste, bal(e)buste proprietress, housekeeper, housewife, equiv. to bal(e)bos, bal(e)bus proprietor, owner, master (cf. Heb baʿal habayth master of the house) + -te fem. n. suffix (cf. Aram -ta, equiv. to -t fem. suffix + -a definite article)
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