dhoby
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dhoby (plural dhobies)
- Alternative form of dhobi
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Tods' Amendment’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 132:
- The working of the household turned on Tods, who was adored by everyone from the dhoby to the dog-boy.