| 单词 | washerman |
| 例句 | So, some of the postcards show people solely identified by their occupation - in this case, the "dhoby" or washerman who regularly collected clothes for wash from several homes. Racism and stereotypes in colonial India’s 'Instagram' 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z While Muslims have no jobs, Jats suddenly find themselves without farmhands, builders, painters, carpenters and washermen. India Ink: A Village Takes Small Steps Toward Reconciliation After Muzaffarnagar Riots 2014-01-16T07:53:08Z During the Crimean War many of the washermen attending to the washing of the French hospitals were attacked by cholera. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z A Muslim washerman got no reservation, but a Hindu washerman got one. India Eyes Affirmative Action for Muslims 2012-03-10T04:21:06Z The weaver arrayed himself in the clothes which he had borrowed from the village washermen. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z These washermen have got idolatries of their own, and their houses of prayer are separate, and they believe in many extravagant things. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z He was deserted by cook, steward, washerman, and all other personal attendants. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z “Do you take me for a washerman’s donkey?” Zanzibar Tales Told by natives of the East Coast of Africa 2011-09-20T02:00:14.730Z Another characteristic thing we had to accustom ourselves to was our washerman. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z On leaving the tank they found a big iron tub belonging to the washerman of the adjacent village. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z The more lather a chap makes the better washerman he is, from all appearances. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z And the sweet lock perfumed all the raiment of Pharaoh, and the washermen knew not wherefore, and they were rebuked. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z A washerman owned a donkey, of which he was very fond. Zanzibar Tales Told by natives of the East Coast of Africa 2011-09-20T02:00:14.730Z The first songs, "Out of the Street," are, as Manyemon, who would not have the Western people deceived, tells us, the vulgar songs, or those sung by the washermen, carpenters, and bamboo-weavers, etc. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z In the list of bad omens come a donkey, broom, buffalo, untied bullock, barber, widow, patient, cat, washerman. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z We have looked in vain among the ballots for a single hod-carrier, or ploughman, ditcher, cook, seamstress, washerman or washerwoman, stableman, scrubber, or cleaner. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Now, a lock of the woman's hair fell into the river, and it floated to the place where Pharaoh's washermen were at work. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z "Who are you, my Herr?" cried the amber merchant, "that you issue orders here, and withhold my washermen from their work?" Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z The merchants to whom they offered them directed them to go to the washermen, saying, “They will possibly buy.” Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z The course of nomadic life now practically introduced us also to the occupation of washermen. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Sherdil was the son of a man who, while not of the lowest caste, like the washermen and sweepers and musicians, was certainly not of a high caste. Barclay of the Guides The washerman replied that, by the rules of his art, he must have a vessel large enough to wash him in. Happy Days for Boys and Girls At length, about half-past eight of our last evening, with the waggon ready harnessed to convey us up the grade, the washerman, with a somewhat sneering air, produced the boy. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) After they had gone the whole length of the bazar, and had met with no buyers, some one advised them to go to where the washermen lived, saying, they might possibly take them. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z Over here, as I've heard, the clothes to be washed are put in tubs, and the washerwomen or washermen stand outside at work. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated This class evidently possessed privileges highly esteemed, for their ranks were recruited from all classes of artisans in the towns, cooks, brewers, gardeners, washermen, and even scribes. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters But in India every one depends upon the barber and washerman for their service even more than a westerner does upon the service of the butcher or the doctor. India, Its Life and Thought The profession of washerman, or dhobi as he is called, like most other occupations in India, is chiefly an hereditary one. India and the Indians The washermen, however, refused, and as they could not find a purchaser, they threw away the ashes, and returned home determined to be revenged upon Bitaram. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z 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. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks The family and caste washerman is no longer permitted to serve him; their barber will not shave him, and the blacksmith, carpenter, mason and other village servants decline to render him their wonted service. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ For instance, the caste barber and washerman are commanded to serve him and his no longer. India, Its Life and Thought In the Company's vocabulary a 'washerman' was a man who 'bleached' new-made cloth; and the Company employed a number of bleachers. The Story of Madras The washerman went and told the raja that two persons had come out from the jungle, and had destroyed all his clothes. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z Don’t give the washerman the tablecloths which have holes. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay The little forktail does not haunt the washerman's ghat for the sake of human companionship, for it is a bird that usually avoids man. Birds of the Indian Hills In Singonahully he entered into friendly relations with the old village washerman, who was nearly blind, and helped him in his work. Old Daniel The ordinary village menials, as the barber and washerman, will not work for them, and services of this nature are performed by men of their own community. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Having filled the drum, they emerged from the forest at a place where a washerman was washing clothes. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z Tell the washerman to come in three days. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay As to debts of wives of herdsmen, distillers, players, washermen and hunters, the husbands have to pay; because their maintenance depends upon their wives. Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya I was not much impressed with what he said about the Christian Scriptures, but replied, ‘When Mr Hodson comes, I hope I shall be employed by him as his washerman?’ Old Daniel The offerings are appropriated by the village washerman. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II “It means a washerman, I suppose,” observed Price. The King's Own There are also Parsee merchants, while the grooms and washermen are mostly Bengalees. In the Eastern Seas These villages usually consist of the holders of the land, those who farm and cultivate it, the established village-servants, priest, blacksmith, carpenter, accountant, washerman, potter, barber, watchman, shoemaker, etc. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge But seldom have courage and opportunity combined to carry the inquirer to a conclusion so decisive as that which rewarded the research of the poor washerman’s son. Old Daniel Here the village barber will shave Chamārs and the washerman will wash their clothes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II In Madras, Mr. Pandiān states, the village barber, like the washerman, is known as the son of the village. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala 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 Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Savage jealousy, therefore, had prompted the act of injustice inflicted upon the unfortunate washerman. Tales of Destiny The washermen far and near were told to bring cloths of different colours with which to cover and decorate the car, and payment for them was promised. Old Daniel They have never been separately classified at the census but always amalgamated with the Dhobi or washerman caste. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II They then bathe and present their clothes to the washerman, putting on new clothes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala On the other hand, one or two of the village menials, such as the Dhobi or washerman, are considered to some extent impure. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) We have had six nurses, five dressers, one wardmaster, one washerman, and eighteen orderlies, or thirty-two in all, who actually came in contact with the sick. From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa With this uncle we lived many years in Goobbe; and when he became an old man, I managed his farm for him, and at the same time I carried on my work as village washerman.” Old Daniel Colonel Tod writes4 that in Rājputāna the washermen’s wells dug at the sides of streams are deemed the most impure of all receptacles. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The old clothes are given away to a barber or washerman, and the presentation of new clothes by the second husband is the only essential ceremony. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala At a betrothal in the great Kunbi cultivating caste of the Marāthas, the services of the barber and washerman must be requisitioned. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The plot was afterwards discovered, and the old butler, washerman, and all, were sentenced to work in a rope on the roads. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official 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. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 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. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II 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. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala In Madras the barber and his wife, and the washerman and his wife, are known as the son and daughter of the village. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) A dancing girl from the town of Jubbulpore was made to represent Mrs. Smith, and a suit of Mrs. Smith's clothes was borrowed for her from the washerman. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official That person among Brahmanas or Kshatriyas or Vaisyas who, having fallen away from the proper duties of his order, has become a Sudra, is truly to be compared to such a washerman. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 She must also visit the potter’s and washerman’s wives, whose benisons are essential; they give her a new pot and a little rice respectively. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The washerman spreads a sheet on the ground on which the boy and girl sit. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala 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. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) M. Kangourou, who is washerman and low scamp in French only, has returned for these discussions to the long formulas of his country. Madame Chrysantheme 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 deserves to be their king. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 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. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II 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 this they receive small presents. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The village barber will not shave them, nor the washerman wash their clothes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) I wish in the first place to speak to one M. Kangourou, who is interpreter, washerman, and matrimonial agent. Madame Chrysantheme Brother, here are a Donkey and a washerman's great big kettle, with nobody to own them! Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) They are used for igniting hookhas: they are also burnt inside the smoothing-iron used by washermen in order to heat it. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries 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 Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala 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 Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Here Krishna plays his rude and rustic tricks, upsetting wagons, overthrowing trees and washermen, occasionally killing them he dislikes, and acting altogether much like a cow-boy of another sort. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow When I had lived in Capiz a year or two, my washerman, or lavandero, died, and his widow, pointing to a numerous progeny, besought for an advance of five pesos for necessary funeral expenses. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines In some the colours of the markings are clear and bright, in others they are as faint and feeble as one of our modern Manchester warranted-fast-coloured muslins, after its third visit to a native washerman. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 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. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala 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. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) 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. The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies As Krishna proceeds, he meets some of Kansa's washermen carrying with them bundles of clothes. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry 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. Modern India From house to house warm winter robes are spread, And through the pine-woods red Floats up the sound of the washerman's bat who plies His hurried task ere the brief noon wanes and dies. A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China Similarly at a wedding among the Hindustāni cultivating castes the bride visits the potter’s house and is seated on his wheel; and the washerman’s wife applies vermilion to her forehead. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Moreover, they made but four washings a year, as was the custom in old times, and Pencroff and Spilett, while waiting for the postman to bring the paper, made famous washermen! The Mysterious Island Accordingly she, being pregnant, had a miscarriage; but the washerman returned home with his donkey. Filipino Popular Tales On the way they found a donkey, belonging to a dhobee, or washerman, and a big chattee, or iron pot, which the washerman used to boil clothes in. Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland He has been with me a good many years, and will not let the others—that is to say, the cook and the syce, the washerman, and so on, cheat me beyond a reasonable amount. Rujub, the Juggler There is a hereditary blacksmith, washerman, potter, barber, and writer. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Rishnawád also summoned before him the washerman and his wife, and they corroborated the story he had been told. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 As luck would have it, after drifting hither and thither, it reached a distant shore where a washerman was at work. Tales of the Punjab He gives a list of these established servants: Priest, blacksmith, carpenter, accountant, washerman, basketmaker, potter, watchman, barber, shoemaker, brazier, confectioner, weaver, dyer, etc. Following the Equator, Part 5 But it was Georgina crying, all by herself, down the hillside, among the stones of the water-course where the washermen wash the clothes. Life's Handicap In the early morning a washerman was up and spreading his clothes. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] The washerman and his wife, for fear that the boy and the wealth might be discovered, thought it safest to quit their home, and sojourn in another country. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 Joe turned to spy the frightened deputy washerman wriggling under the verandah. Down the Mother Lode 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! A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India For inhabitants, the camp has about two hundred miners, one white woman and child, several Chinese washermen, five squaws, and a dozen vagrant buck Indians in rabbit-skin robes, battered plug hats, and tin-can necklaces. A Double Barrelled Detective Story The grooms and washermen are all Bengalees, and there is a small but highly respectable class of Parsee merchants. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 He had no sooner commenced his reign, than he sent for the washerman and his wife, and enriched them by his gifts. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 He was an excellent needleman and washerman, and a very good sailor. Notes on Life and Letters 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. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India But whenever the washerman told him to assist in washing clothes, he always ran away, and would not stoop to the drudgery. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 In the morning the ark was noticed by a washerman; who, curious to know what it contained, drew it to the shore, and opened the lid. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 His foster-mother, deeply affected by his disappointment, and naturally anxious to gratify his desires, gave an article of value to the washerman, that he might sell it, and with the money purchase the horse required. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 This untoward behavior grieved the washerman exceedingly, and he lamented that God had given him so useless a son, not knowing that he was destined to be the sovereign of all the world. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 The washerman gave his word that he would so do if the matter were kept secret. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India He had long been miserable at the thoughts of being the son of a washerman, but now he rejoiced, and looked upon himself as the son of some person of consideration. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 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. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India |
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