It's always nice to have a mention on mudcat. Doxies are the historic equivalent of social workers. When those poor tired sailors came home from sea with work related stress problems they would visit the Doxies for a nice cup of tea and a chat and they came away feeling much better. Honest (thats' what Derek told me when we picked our name)
They must have been good at what they did because some of them charged a lot of money for their services and the sailors seemed to keep going back!!!
Doxy