With her children gone, Purnima went to work in Calcutta to wash dishes in a hotel.

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In 1935, Lillian Gilbreth, who did not wash dishes, accepted a professorship at Purdue.

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At a given signal, the maids could refuse to wash dishes, change diapers, scrub floors, or cook dinner.

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They make beds, kill pigs, pick apples, wash dishes.

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Do you need anybody to wash dishes?

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After dinner, he would wash the dishes and Vivian would clean the table and the counters.

NEWYORKER: Temporary

Nearby children play and bathe in the sun as mothers wash household dishes and clothes in the Senegal River.

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The cuisine at St George tends toward the heavy, with lots of stews and pork dishes, but you can wash it all down with hard-to-find wines.

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