A proof of the correctness of this conclusion came under my observation in the Solomon Islands, where the white men in taking this disease from the natives suffer from it frequently in the form of "dhobie itch.
From his hands it passes to the Dhobie and returns with the buttons wanting, the buttonholes widened to great gaping fish- mouths, and the hems of the cuffs slightly frayed.
In India, as you know, every caste has its own "points," and you can distinguish a Barber as easily as a dhobie or a Dorking hen.
A few rotations of Dhobie and Boy reduce the cuffs to the breadth of an inch, while the collar becomes a circular saw which threatens to take your head off.
I suppose it is because he does not like to waste the dhobie on anything before it is properly soiled.
This feeling is the germ from which the Dhobie has grown.
And Hurree is not ungrateful, for I observe that, when the dhobie delivers up your clothes in a state which requires the Dirzee, the Dirzee always gives them back in a condition which demands the dhobie.
My theory of the Dhobie is a mere speculation, a hypothesis deduced from broad, general principles.
Its real significance is that he had to go to the dhobie to fit himself for coming into your presence.
Greater and better men than theDhobie are employed in the same way.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dhobie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
