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dhobi

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dhobi [ˈdəʊbɪ]
n pl -bis
(Sociology) (Business / Professions) (in India, Malaya, East Africa, etc., esp formerly) a washerman
[from Hindi, from dhōb washing; related to Sanskrit dhāvaka washerman]


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The meeting reviewed the pace of work on different projects including construction of parking plazas at Dhobi Ghat and Jheeka Gali, repair and construction of link roads, development of parks, cable cars, street lights, removal of encroachments, horticulture schemes and repair and widening of Rawalpindi-Murree Road.
The meeting reviewed the pace of work on different projects including construction of parking plazas at Dhobi Ghat and Jheeka Gali, repair and construction of link roads, development of parks, cable cars, street lights, removal of encroachments, horticulture schemes and repair and widening of Rawalpindi-Murree Road.
The Dhobi Ghats, next to the Mahalakshmi train station, is the washing-machine of Bombay where 5,000 men - dhobiwallahs - clean tons of the city's laundry by hand every day.
 
 
 
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