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‖ dhoti, dhootie|ˈdəʊtɪ, ˈduːtɪ; also dh-|
Also 7 duttee, 9 dote, dhotee, -ty, dhootie, dhooty.
[Hindī dhōtī.]
The loin cloth worn by Hindus; a long narrow cloth which is wound round the body, passed between the thighs, and tucked in under the waist-band behind.
1622in W. N. Sainsbury Cal. State Papers E. Ind. (1878) III. 24 (Y.) Price of calicoes, duttees fixed. 1810T. Williamson Vade Mecum I. 247 (Y.) A dotee or waist-cloth. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. Ind. (1854) 277 He must..leave the house with nothing on but his gombong and dhootie. 1881Manch. Guard. 18 Jan., Shirtings, dhooties, mulls and jacconets are all very firm. 1883F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs x. 203 Clad simply in a dhoti or waist-cloth. 1891Daily News 16 Nov. 3/1, I never remember seeing him in anything but a delicate pink silk dhotee. 1894Longm. Mag. Dec. 213 Ordinary coolies dressed only in their ‘dhotis’ or loin-cloths. |