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 Übersetzung für 'dhobi' von Englisch nach Deutsch
NOUN   a dhobi | dhobis
textil.
dhobi [Ind.]
Waschmann {m}
10
dhobi [Ind.] [a man who does washing]Wäscher {m}
med.
dhobi itch [Br.] [Tinea cruris]
Tinea Cruris {f} [Pilzkrankheit der Leiste]
med.
dhobi / dhobi's itch [Tinea cruris] [coll.]
Wäscherkrätze {f} [ugs.]
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • The name comes from the fact that it used to be the washermen's enclave in Chennai, where many of the city's dhobi ghats used to be located.
  • from "The Puffin Book of Spooky Ghost Stories" (a horror story where a girl holidaying in Delhi finds herself as a slave in the Mughal era), "Bishnu - The Dhobi Singer" (a dhobi boy who is taken under the tutelage of Tansen) and "A Mauryan Adventure" (the daughter of a soldier in Ashoka's army finds herself travelling the world).
  • They had their own dhobi known as "Thurumbar", who also washed clothes for the Sri Lankan Pallars and Nalavars.
  • Chander joined the 14 Field Company Engineers of the Madras Engineering Group of the Indian Army in May 1947. He was a civilian in the Indian Army and a washer-man (dhobi) by profession.
  • All the people of the village are Hindus. The various castes: Yadav, Brahman, kiyot dhobi etc. are living there.

  • "Mussaenda frondosa", commonly known as the wild mussaenda or dhobi tree, is a plant of family Rubiaceae.
  • The 'Dhobi Ghat' in Malleswaram was set up in 2009 as the first modern "dhobi ghat" in both Bangalore and Karnataka.
  • The clothing worn the previous night is considered dirty and so the dhobi customarily arrives the next morning to collect them for cleaning.
  • The phrase "dhobi ghat" is used all over India to refer to any place where many washers are present.
  • The driver shows her around the foundation, which has organizations providing free housing for orphans and the elderly, medical care, and affordable education (all of which were promised to the dhobi children by the young Amy several years ago).

  • A laundry-place is generally called a "dhobi ghat"; this has given rise to place names where they work or worked, including Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai, Dhoby Ghaut in Singapore and Dhobi Ghaut in Penang, Malaysia.
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