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Definition of Dhobis
1. dhobi [n] - See also: dhobi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dhobis
Literary usage of Dhobis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on the Industries of the United Provinces by Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee (1908)
"The manufacture of country dhobis' soap is carried on in all large towns. ...
It seems that the only way in which the industry in dhobis' ..."
2. Slipstream Stories, Return to the Source by Sonny Spots (2007)
"The boatman pulled us out onto the water with two wooden oars and rowed upstream
past the laundry dhobis plying their trade of smacking dirt out of clothing ..."
3. Kashmir in Sunlight & Shade: A Description of the Beauties of the Country by Cecil Earle Tyndale-Biscoe (1922)
"As a matter of fact, the dhobis are on the whole a great comfort, for they can
turn out excellent work, and then when you come to the price as compared with ..."
4. Four Years' Campaign in India by William Taylor (1880)
"was, " What shall we do with the dhobis?" I said, " Send for the old Hindu, ...
When the gong sounded, and the congregation assembled, the seven dhobis were ..."
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