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1 A pack of dirty cards, and some plain needlework , littered the bare little table.
2 The girls are taught plain needlework instead of drawing.
3 When she was not doing household work, she earned money by taking in plain needlework .
4 I shall insist upon your learning plain needlework in all its branches, and getting a thorough insight into cookery and housekeeping.
5 How much more natural for her to marry some decent man of established position and be content with babies and plain needlework !
6 There is a most practical sound about darning; it can, however, be made good use of in embroidery as well as in plain needlework .
7 "And what I care for still more," said Ethel, "her being bent on learning plain needlework and doing it for her poor people.
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