Housekeeping ain’t no joke.
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American writer
Little Women, Part 1, ch. 11 (1868)
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Labeled as a saying of the family maid and cook, Hannah. The girls recognize its truth as they take over the housekeeping for the "ailing" Mrs. Marsh.
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