nounplural noun dhobis

• (in South Asia) a washerman or washerwoman.

  ‘In 2000, separate welfare boards were formed for handicrafts, artists, agricultural workers, weavers, tailors, tree climbers, dhobis, hairdressers, chapel makers and auto workers.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I am grateful that some of us still employ dhobis.’
  • ‘The dhobi had mistakenly exchanged our shirts.’
  • ‘My friend Santosh, the dhobi, tells us proudly about buying a mobile phone for his parents in their remote village in Uttar Pradesh.’
  • ‘And he was well served by his staff, who included a gardener, a water-carrier, a dhobi, and a watchman.’