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| | # {{alternative form of|house-proud}} | | # {{alternative form of|house-proud}} |
| | + | #* '''1890''', F. Mabel Robinson, ''The plan of campaign: a story of the fortune of war'' (page 7) |
| | + | #*: 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." |
| | + | #* '''1978''', Miriam Gross, ''The world of Raymond Chandler'' (page 98) |
| | + | #*: We also witness Marlowe at his most '''houseproud''', serving coffee for Eileen Wade{{...}} |
| | + | #* '''1984''', Joan Perkin, ''It's never too late'' (page 136) |
| | + | #*: Houses are not mirrors for Narcissuses, and even the most '''houseproud''' people don't eat off the kitchen floor, whatever they say. |
