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1903

 
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A Dhobie

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A washerman in India is popularly known as a "dhobi" or "dhobie"

Throughout the subcontinent, dhobies collected dirty clothes from their clients and took them away for washing. This was often done at a riverbank. In more modern times, dhobies also starched and ironed
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