Complex sentence: Housewife is also a term first used in the 18th century to refer to a sewing or mending kit where people usually kept toiletries, and is still used to describe a soldier's personal sewing kit, and in British English is usually pronounced "huzif".
Split into simpler sentences: Housewife is also a term first used in the 18th century to refer to a sewing or mending kit where people usually kept toiletries. It is still used to describe a soldier's personal sewing kit, and for this item in British English is usually pronounced "huzif".