Washing at sea?

Question

i am a m/seaman and on board the ship washing is called doby where does the word doby come from

Answer 1

My husband used that word all the time.  He was in the navy, and that is where he picked up the word.  I never thought to ask him if he knew where the word comes from.  I couldn't find any references to it.

Answer 2

my father used to use that word after he came out of the navy but sorry dont know any more to your question cant wait to find out!

Answer 3

Indian word, means Wash.

Answer 4

doby.....Noun....... Laundry. See 'dhoby'.

dhoby...Verb........To wash, clean. Originally to do laundry, from the Hindu dhob meaning washing. Also dhobi, dobi, doby. [Services slang, mainly Navy use]

dhoby dust Noun. Washing powder. See 'dhoby'

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The Doby Ghats are where a huge amount of Mumbai's dirty laundry is cleaned, dried, pressed, and folded

every day.  Quite an impressive operation, and it continues to amaze me that they just never seem to lose

any laundry - not even socks!

http://myvirtualindia.com/Log11_21.html

>>  What if people do laundry at the laundry area or doby site??

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Answer 5

when in the far east,they refer to the doby as the laundry and dry cleaner.