Dhobi

A washerman, traditionally one who has
cleaned clothes by getting them wet and
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Dhobi
Dhobis, or washermen, cleaning clothes by beating them on stone slabs.
then beating them on a stone slab. As
with all the occupations in traditional
India, this was a hereditary occupational group (jati), although the names used
to designate them are different from
region to region. They were typically
believed to be of low status, since they
habitually handled clothes rendered
impure by sweat and other bodily fluids.