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Who uses, recommends or left Swedish dishcloths, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

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