durzee India.
(ˈdɜːziː)
Also derzie, -y, dhirzee, dhurzee, dirge, dirgee, dir(d)jee, dirzie, durjee.
[Hind. (a. Pers.) darzī (Pers. darz sewing, hem).]
A tailor.
| 1812 M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. India 30 The derdjees, or taylors, in Bombay, are Hindoos of a respectable caste. 1834 A. Prinsep Baboo II. x. 180 The milliners and durzees of the City of Palaces. a 1847 M. M. Sherwood Life (1854) xvi. 300 We took other servants, Dirges, and Dobes. 1848 Alfred in India 18 The needlework of the family is done by a durzie, or tailor. 1884 D. Aubrey Lett. fr. Bombay 204 Their parents have no wish to make ‘dirzees’ or tailors of them. 1894 M. Dyan Man's Keeping i, Manufacturing, with the incompetent aid of her durzee, a gown for the ball. 1922 Blackw. Mag. Feb. 183/2 The regimental dhurzee. 1969 Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 6 July 2/3 And the names! Ayahs, kansamahs, chuprassis, peons, chowkidars, durzis, dhobis, kitmutgars. Wonderful names and each with a different job. |