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She makes silk purses, broiders stools,   Sings sweetly, dances finely, Paints screens, subscribes to Sunday-schools,   And sits a horse divinely.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

An artist sits with his back to us and on his canvas he broiders the image of his good wife.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

Hi! couldn't she barbecue a heifer, or brile a cock's comb, jest as 'spertly as Miss Tilda here broiders a ruffle.

From Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom by American Tract Society