Most elderly people arehouseproud, and it is certainly bad for their morale when conditions in the home deteriorate.
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If we impose a heavy tax on wallpaper we tax both cleanliness and the woman who ishouseproud.
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They take great pride and they arehouseproud.
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Where it was possible—it is not easily possible in the middle of a pile of rubble—the travellers werehouseproudand tidy and clearly took care of the site.
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His reaction — expressed, of course, with his usual elegance—reminded me of that of ahouseproudhouseholder looking at something nasty that the cat had brought in.
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Hannah became too housebound,houseproud, too disciplined with the two children, too rigid, not seeing the wood for the trees.
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