Definition
To clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly.
In Context
- "The half-length lace curtains keep out most of what little sun there is, but they establish your privacy: the window-ledges and doorsteps scrubbed and yellowed with scouring-stone further establish that you are a 'decent' family, that you believe in 'bottoming' the house each week."
- "She had 'bottomed' the house (ie spring-cleaned) and cooked specially for me."
- "My mother-in-law pickled walnuts and covered floors in rag rugs she bottomed the house each spring"
See Also
- spring cleaning