dressing-boy
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dressing-boy (plural dressing-boys)
- (India, historical) A native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.
References
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “dressing-boy”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].