noun. The cleaning and tidying of a house and its contents.

noun. Removal of unwanted personnel, methods, or policies in an effort at reform or improvement.

noun. Collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house.

verb. Present participle of houseclean.

noun. the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house

noun. (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions

"In more modern times, thanks to Betty Friedan and her followers, housecleaning is deemed total drudgery and demeaning work -- something that evidently should be relegated to the untouchable class of India."

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