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- verb idiomatic, colloquial To maintain daily
routine and provide thenecessities of life in ahome orcommunity .
Etymologies
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A reference to keeping campfires, lights, etc. at one's home village burning, often while part of the population travels elsewhere to hunt, etc.
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