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dhobie

dhobie is the alternative form of dhobi.

Meaning of dhobi

Noun

dhobi (plural dhobis)

  1. (South-Asia) A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman.
    • ... "The first dhobi khana was under the Madras Presidency...”2003, https://web.archive.org/web/20050508060337/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/07/stories/2003070700750100.htm The 'dhobi khana' at Fort Kochi was once throbbing with activity. […]

Forms of dhobie

pluraldhobies

Questions about dhobie

What is dhobie the alternative form of?
Dhobie is the alternative form of dhobi.

Words near dhobie in the dictionary

  1. dhobi bag
  2. dhobi bags
  3. dhobi dust
  4. dhobi itch
  5. dhobi's earth
  6. dhobie
  7. dhobies
  8. dhobis
  9. dhoby
  10. dhoby bag
  11. dhoby bags

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dhobie (page history and authors); dhobi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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