Meanings
comparative more houseproud · superlative most houseproud
- alternativeAlternative form of house-proud.
We also witness Marlowe at his most houseproud, serving coffee for Eileen Wade[…]
1978, Miriam Gross, The world of Raymond Chandler, page 982 more examples
Miss Molyneux was extremely proud of her doors and ceilings and fire places, but indeed she was altogether what Lancashire folk call a "houseproud woman."
1890, F. Mabel Robinson, The plan of campaign: a story of the fortune of war, page 7Houses are not mirrors for Narcissuses, and even the most houseproud people don't eat off the kitchen floor, whatever they say.
1984, Joan Perkin, It's never too late, page 136
Origin
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