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Discover LudwigThe word 'house-proud' is correct and can be used in written English
It means taking great pride in one's home and being very particular about its appearance and upkeep. Example: She was always house-proud, spending hours each week cleaning, organizing, and decorating her home to perfection.
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house-proud
adjective
Proud of one's house, its furnishings, or its upkeep.
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Being house-proud can go too far.
"Control, OCD, a really house-proud mother, a really house-proud gran.
Mr. Castrucci is as house-proud as Martha Stewart.
"I am really quite house-proud," she said.
It is hard to feel house-proud of a machine.
He has been here 17 years, is still house-proud.
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"We're a lot more house proud than anyone might catch on," Ms. Meyer said.
They don't understand how fanatically house proud a monthly mortgage bill can make you.
Sigmund Freud himself was house proud, mapping the human psyche from a tidy haven.
Other signs of being a grown up include becoming house proud, having a joint bank account, looking forward to a night in and doing DIY.
Mr. Cuomo seems to be reasonably house proud — although it technically belongs to Ms. Lee, who bought it for $1.22 million — and has dropped in at Richard's Home Center and Lumber to buy tools and hardware for light repairs.
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