That Kshatriya who knows how to correct the faults of behaviour of the other orders and to wash them clean like a washerman is really their father and deserve to be their king.
That washerman who does not know how to wash away the filth of cloth without taking away its dye, is very unskilful in his profession.
At the end of the ceremony the barber and washerman take the bride and bridegroom on their shoulders and dance to music in the marriage-shed, for which they receive small presents.
At the wedding feast the barber, the washerman and the Bari or personal servant also eat with the guests, though sitting apart from them.
Nevertheless the Dohors are considered to be impure and are not allowed to enter Hindu temples; the village barber does not shave them nor the washerman wash their clothes.
After a death has occurred at a Kunbi's house, the impurity is not removed until the barber and washerman have eaten in it.
The village barber will not shave them, nor the washerman wash their clothes.
At a betrothal in the great Kunbi cultivating caste of the Marathas, the services of the barber and washerman must be requisitioned.
In Madras the barber and his wife, and the washerman and his wife, are known as the son and daughter of the village.
The barber washes the feet of the boy and girl and places vermilion on the foreheads of the guests; the washerman spreads a sheet on the ground on which the boy and girl sit.
The Dhobi or washerman gets half the annual contribution of the blacksmith and carpenter, with the same presents, and in return for this he washes the clothes of the family two or three times a month.
But then Hodinuggur itself was incredible; almost as much so as the fact that he had proposed to wear his old white shirts, washed by a desert-washerman at Simla!
So that is settled, and we will tell thewasherman about the white ties.
In both Districts the washerman is one of the recognised village servants, but as a rule he gets no fixed payment, and the great body of cultivators dispense with his services altogether.
Here the village barber will shave Chamars and the washerman will wash their clothes.
When the first child of a rich man is born, the midwife, barber and washerman go round to all his friends and relations to announce the event and obtain presents.
They have never been separately classified at the census but always amalgamated with the Dhobi or washerman caste.
If we assume it to have the latter meaning, it may be due to the fact that Mangal had to wash the clothes of his own wife, not being able to induce a professional washerman to do so on account of the incestuous nature of the connection.
The washermansteps nearly knee-deep into the water, and taking a quantity of clothes by one end in his two hands he raises them aloft in the air and brings them down heavily upon a huge stone slab, grooved, at his feet.
When a family is under a ban of excommunication, pending enquiry, the caste people refuse to give them fire, and otherwise help them, and even the barber and washerman are not permitted to work for them.
On the morning of the fifth day, a man of the washerman (Vannan) caste will announce to the neighbours by beat of tom-tom that there will be a procession of Bhagavati issuing from the gates of the temple, and passing round about.
A bench is placed within the marriage pandal (booth), and covered with clothes brought by the Madivali (washerman caste).
The village washerman has to spread clean cloths along the path of the procession, which stops near the boundary of the village, where a leafy bower is prepared, with three pieces of stone installed in it, symbolising the god Siva.
The washermanagain breaks out into song, accompanying himself by striking a bell-metal plate with a stick.
Before she leaves the house, the washerman fixes in the ground a branch of a certain tree, to the top and bottom of which he ties the two ends of a long line of thin coir rope or yarn.
So the Kammalans went quietly outside, and, at a given signal, the booth collapsed, and crushed to death the washerman and his friends.
He controls the washerman and barber of the tara, and can withdraw their services when they are most needed.
The washerman of the Nambutiris and Nayars is called Veluthedan.
The Veluttedan is defined in the Madras Census Report, 1891, as "the washerman of the Nayars and higher castes in Malabar.
A general feast then takes place, and the washerman appropriates the fanam, and the paddy and rice spread in the yard.
First of all, the washerman comes along with the washerwoman, carrying two washed cloths.
The dead are cremated, and a man of the washerman caste usually assists in igniting the pyre.
The husband has to give his formal consent to the ceremony, and a washerman has to be present.
The Perumal was, instead, asked to make the washerman marry her, and thus avoid disgrace.
They identify the village of the Perumal's washerman as Kanipayyur.
Next day the barber and washermantake the bridegroom and bride in their arms and dance, holding them, to the accompaniment of music, while the women throw red rose-powder over the couple.
Neither Kols nor Mundas are, however, considered impure and the barber and washerman will work for them.
Temporary expulsion from caste is imposed for the usual offences, and also for getting shaved or having clothes washed by a barber or washerman other than a member of the caste.
After a death has occurred at a Kunbi's house the impurity is not removed until the barber and washerman have eaten in it.
Thus at a Kunbi betrothal the services of the barber and washerman must be requisitioned; the barber washes the feet of the boy and girl and places vermilion on the foreheads of the guests.
They must live outside the village and may not draw water from the common well; the village barber will not shave them nor the washerman wash their clothes.
His impurity, like that of the barber, washerman and dyer, springs solely from the nature of his employment; perhaps because it is a dirty one, but more probably because black is a colour of evil omen.
At the end of the ceremony the barber andwasherman take the bride and bridegroom on their shoulders and dance to music in the marriage-shed; for this they receive small presents.
What can the washermando in a village where the people live naked?
The washerman spreads a sheet on the ground on which the boy and girl sit.
In order more safely to pass the guards, the washerman placed on top of all some very foul clothes, such as every one would avoid; and went out crying 'TALLA!
He sent and summoned the washerman who washed the imprisoned King's clothes, and promised him great things if he would bring him the King's middle son.
The King did so, giving up his second son aged twelve years, for the washerman did not dare take the eldest, who was eighteen years old.
The washerman gave his word that he would so do if the matter were kept secret.
Accordingly she, being pregnant, had a miscarriage; but the washerman returned home with his donkey.
To deprive a man of the services of his barber and his washerman is becoming more difficult these days, but the other penalties are enforced with more or less rigor.
The washermanwent and told the raja that two persons had come out from the jungle, and had destroyed all his clothes.
Having filled the drum, they emerged from the forest at a place where a washerman was washing clothes.
The Washerman sprang up at the noise, and missing the thief, turned in a rage upon the Ass for disturbing him, and beat it with a cudgel to such an extent that the blows resolved the poor animal into the five elements of death.
In some places, Tsakalas (washerman caste) will wash for the Malas, but the clothes must be steeped in water, and left till the Tsakala comes for them.
But, in the northern districts, the caste washerman does their washing, the cloths being steeped in water, and left for the washerman to take.
Those Europeans who are not men of science call it the hill-wagtail on account of its habits, or the dhobi bird because of its unaccountable predilection for the spot where the grunting, perspiring washerman pursues his destructive calling.
The stone referred to is the large stone, on which the washermancleans cloths, and the proverb denotes that, however sick a washerman may be, his work must be done.
Maila means dirt, and probably refers to the washerman section, just as Mailari (washerman) occurs among the Malas.
Washerman or | For keeping off birds, insects, | Do.
A name used forwasherman by Anglo-Indians all over India.
Dhobi is the name, by which the washerman caste of the Oriyas is known.
The washerman knows the defects of the village (i.
They are entitled to the services of the Brahman's washerman and barber, and they may enter temples, and advance as far as the place to which Nayars go, except in some parts of Central Travancore.
When a washerman gets sick, his sickness must leave him at the stone.
Early on the wedding morning the bridegroom's party, accompanied by a purohit and washerman (Tsakala), go to fetch the bride from her house.
Among the Panta Reddis of the Tamil country, the Ganga idol is taken in procession by the washerman two or three days before the marriage, and he goes to every Reddi house, and receives a present of money.
This is given to him, and the Kapus return with the washermancarrying the dhornam and idol to the marriage house.
The clothes of the husband, the wife, and the midwife are given to a washerman to be washed on the fourth day, and the persons themselves have a wash.
The washerman is then asked to tie the dhornam to the pandal (marriage booth) or roof of the house, and he demands some paddy, which is heaped up on the ground.
The washerman takes charge of the idol, and goes his way.
These a washerman touches thrice with Cynodon leaves dipped in milk, cow's urine, and turmeric water.
On the return journey, the village washerman has to spread dupatis (cloths) for the procession to walk over.
A washerman brings a basket containing various articles required for worship, and, after puja has been performed, a plant of Leucas aspera is placed on the ashes.
In order to see her frequently he should arrange that the same goldsmith, the same jeweller, the same basket maker, the same dyer, and the same washerman should be employed by the two families.
She consented, and the washerman ate his root and instantly became a tiger, whereupon she was so terrified that she ran off with the antidote in her hand.
His washerman Raghu was, like all washermen, a great drunkard.
On the third day the relations go to the burning-ground, and a barber and washermansprinkle water over the ashes.
A cloth intended for use as a madi cloth is never given to a washerman to be washed, and it is not worn by the Oriya Brahmans when they answer the calls of nature, but removed, and replaced after bathing.
To get rid of death pollution, a Tulu Madivali (washerman caste) gives cloths to, and sprinkles water over those under pollution.
The washerman standing close to it, dips the cloth or garment into the water, and taking hold of one end gives the other, which has been dipped, a good swing in the air and brings it down on the wood or stone with a heavy splashing thump.
Many years ago,--it is not known exactly how many--a man of the Washerman caste left his native village and came to Singonahully.
A favourite story in various parts of India, near akin to that last cited, is of a poor washerman and his young ass.
The washerman thought that here was a rare chance, for he happened to have the foal of the ass that carried his bundles of clothes, which, since he had no child, he should get the learned mullah to change into a boy.
At first the washerman was disposed to be angry, but reflecting that, after all, the business was better even than he anticipated, he thanked the preceptor for all his care and trouble, and returned home.
On being asked by the Perumal as to the cause of it, the washerman said that it was due to the suggestion of a handsome carpenter girl, who saw him while washing.
One day a washerman of Cheraman Perumal chanced to wash his dress very clean.
At the third round, the Panisavan or washerman makes holes in the pot, and it is thrown away.
The dead are usually cremated, and the washerman of the village assists the chief mourner in igniting the pyre.
For instance, the caste barber and washerman are commanded to serve him and his no longer.
But in India every one depends upon the barber andwasherman for their service even more than a westerner does upon the service of the butcher or the doctor.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "washerman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: dishwasher; scullion; washer
