bhangi

plural bhangis

1. Alternative letter-case form of Bhangi.

   The sight of a bhangi carrying the night-soil basket on his head made him sick.

   1960, Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, Mahatma: life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Volume 7, page 165

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   At a stroke the bhangis will raise scavenging to a fine art and give it the status it should have had long ago.

   1946 June 23, Mohandas Gandhi, in Harijan, reprinted in Economic Thought, published 1962

plural Bhangis · alternative bhangi · alternative Bhungi · alternative bhungi · alternative bungy · alternative bunghee

1. IndiaA member of the Bhangi caste, traditionally restricted to cleaning latrines and handling dead bodies