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Vestiplica - Roman Slave

By N.S. Gill, About.com

Definition: Vestiplica is the Latin word for a type of Roman slave. A vestiplica was a woman who folded the clothing. The vestiplica was a bit like the person who presses clothing in a modern dry cleaning establishment, although the fullones did the actual cleaning.

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