Definition 2024
dhoby
dhoby
English
Noun
dhoby (plural dhobies)
- Alternative form of dhobi
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Tods' Amendment’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, p. 132:
- The working of the household turned on Tods, who was adored by everyone from the dhoby to the dog-boy.