| Although the Council made attempts to improve the quality of the service provided by native washermen, the laundrymen did not change much in the washing process. |
| In the heart of the water and washing cycle, our washerwomen and washermen make emotions lather and gush forth on the public area. |
| Others settled permanently in the swelling city, carving out niches as rickshaw drivers, domestic workers, and washermen. |
| A 16-year-old boy who earns a hundred rupees a day driving a bicycle ricksha, led me to the riverbanks where the dhobis, or washermen, were working. |
| The washermen used to dig burrows effortlessly at Vannandurai at Besant Nagar for water. |
| When the city was built, there were clearly demarcated areas for doctors, gardeners, washermen and barbers called Baidwara, Maliwara, Dhobiwara and Naiwara respectively. |
