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dressing-boys

dressing-boys is the plural of dressing-boy.

Meaning of dressing-boy

Noun

dressing-boy (plural dressing-boys)

  1. (India, historical) A native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.

Questions about dressing-boys

What is dressing-boys the plural of?
Dressing-boys is the plural of dressing-boy.

Words near dressing-boys in the dictionary

  1. dressing to kill
  2. dressing up
  3. dressing-bell
  4. dressing-bells
  5. dressing-boy
  6. dressing-boys
  7. dressing-down
  8. dressing-downs
  9. dressing-gown
  10. dressing-gowned
  11. dressing-gowns

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