"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"What is the reason that women servants ... have much lower wages than men servants ... when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male?"
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Source: The Idler no. 30 (11 Nov. 1758)
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