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laundromat

[lawn-druh-mat, lahn-]

noun

  1. a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.



Laundromat

/ ˈɔːԻəˌæ /

noun

  1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): Launderette. laundrette.a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laundromat1

First recorded in 1940–45; formerly a trademark, originally a brand of washer
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Example Sentences

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Scared for her four children, Medina went inside the house and called her husband, Jorge Saldana, 30, who was at a nearby laundromat washing clothes.

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In a text message cited by prosecutors, Facey complimented Sanchez for using “girls” as a “little revenue laundromat.”

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With a can of yellow spray paint, they marked the facades of a pawn shop, laundromat and furniture store with the names of their gangs, according to a a Los Angeles Police Department detective wrote in a search warrant affidavit.

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Surveillance footage showed Martinez’s son and his friends tagging a laundromat while the father flashed gang signs at passing cars, the detective wrote.

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That’s why the aroma of baking bread might bring you back to your grandma’s kitchen or a whiff of freshly cleaned clothes might remind you of long nights at the laundromat when you were younger.

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