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dishwasher; one of the lowest-paid positions in the court kitchen, usually held by women, often assigned as seasonal work during periods of increased guest presence at private courts. “For the woman hired to wash the plates during the treatment on the name day of His Grace the Crown Marshal.”

Source: AGAD, APRadz, ref. no. 481, p. 3, Ekspens miesięczna die 1 February 1782 w Warszawie.

See more: B. Popiołek, Między kuchnią i spiżarnią. Magnackich regestry wydatków kuchennych w osiemnastowiecznej Rzeczypospolitej, Warszawa 2025, p. 325