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dhobis

dhobis is the plural 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. […]

Questions about dhobis

What is dhobis the plural of?
Dhobis is the plural of dhobi.

Words near dhobis in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dhobis (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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