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Definition of Dhotis
1. dhoti [n] - See also: dhoti
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dhotis
Literary usage of Dhotis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke (1864)
"My anticipations about the way of getting cows proved correct, for Bombay brought
twelve animals, which cost twenty-three dhotis meri- kani and nine dhotis ..."
2. The Gazetteer of the Central Provinces of India by Sir Charles Grant (1870)
"The average outturn of each loom is a hundred cloths a year, so that the aggregate
outturn must be 600000 dhotis, valued at one rupee each, or six lakhs of ..."
3. Notes on the Industries of the United Provinces by Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee (1908)
"The weavers informed me there was a great demand nowadays for fine muslin dhotis
and 8<ms and other styles of tine cloth like the Mau muslins. ..."
4. Behar Proverbs, Classified and Arranged According to Their Subject-matter by John Christian (1891)
"When out he wears long dhotis, at home he eats masur bread. Bahar lambi lambi
dhoti ghare ... Long dhotis are worn only by the well-to-do and fashionable. ..."
5. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency by Bombay (India : State) (1879)
"... to 25 S. count and coarse cloth for dhotis and long cloth worth £11909 16s.
(R*- and during the whole time £2272 (Rs. 22720) were spent in 1,19098). ..."
6. Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab: With a Combined Index and by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1872)
"TURBANS AND " dhotis." The next series of cloths are generally light in ...
Of a similar fabric are also the " dhotis " or sheets worn round the waist by ..."
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