# domestics

Pronunciation: say "duh-MES-tiks" US/UK /dəˈmɛs.tɪks/, AUS /dəˈmes.tɪks/

## Noun

1. Plural of domestic. — plural of domestic
   - Simple: Plural of domestic. Use this form when you mean more than one household servant.
   - _The estate's domestics were given a half-day off for the holiday._
   - _She managed the household's domestics with a firm but fair hand._

## Noun

2. Goods made within a country rather than imported, especially home-made cotton cloths. *(dated)*
   - Simple: Goods made inside a country instead of brought in from abroad, especially cotton cloth made at home.
   - _The dry-goods store advertised sturdy domestics at half the price of foreign cloth._
   - _Frontier households relied on plain domestics for everyday shirts and aprons._

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