dhobi
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9.9
- noun
- Indian
- After a long week, I took my clothes to the dhobi for washing and ironing.
Examples
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-there's a dhobi story.
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No but that happens with the dhobi.
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You know what a dhobi is right?
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yeah, the dhobi says that -
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This, Mr. David, is the biggest dhobi ghat in the whole of India.
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You know the dhobi, the launderer -
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My grandfather removed the curtains, packed them into bundles for the dhobi, and demanded every stain be washed away.
Fiction book (1995) -
The dhobi's wife, she's with somebody else and when she comes back he goes, "What do you think I'm like Ram, to take somebody back now after she's -
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The dhobi came to pick up our laundry this morning.
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We rely on the local dhobi to keep our uniforms clean and neatly pressed.
Synonyms
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1.8
A person who washes clothes or sheets for a living
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7.3
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
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8.9
A person who cleans other people's clothes for a living
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6.9
A woman who cleans other people's clothes, usually from her own home
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4.7
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
A woman who washes other people's clothes for pay
Compounds
- Indian
An itchy skin infection caused by a fungus, often on the inner thighs and groin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dhobi comes from South Asia and from the Hindi and Urdu verb dhona, which means 'to wash'. So a dhobi is literally a 'washer', a person who washes and often irons other people's clothes.