Launderette

Word LAUNDERETTE
Character 11
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /lɔːnˈdɹɛt/

Definitions and meanings of "Launderette"

What do we mean by launderette?

A self-service laundry. noun

A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use. noun

A self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers noun

A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.

Where you go when you gotta get some clothes washed/dried and you don't want anyone to know. They got a bunch of coin-operating machines. These places aren't as common, but you can still find 'em if you search. Some of them let you dry your clothes for only 25¢ - at least the grimy looking launderette in my town does that. Urban Dictionary

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The word "launderette" in example sentences

"I sat in a launderette and wept until my socks were dry." ❋ Maxine (2009)

Turns out our washer man has recycled the plastic box of sugar into a soap recipient, so as not to carry a much bigger box to the launderette each time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I figured out I could pay £400 and have a new washing machine or I could start going to the launderette. ❋ Michael Holden (2010)

Even the seagulls looked as if they had been put through the launderette for the occasion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

When we had to wash clothes after a week or so, we thought about driving home, do the washing and come back - but we stayed consequent and went to a launderette. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This book is indeed only for those who are strong of stomach as you are lead squelching and sloughing off back through hygiene in pre-industrial revolution England, this is bath time, the launderette and supermarket shopping as Hogarth and Pepys would have known it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The ship also has two restaurants one with an outdoor veranda, several bars, a library, a sun deck, a self-serve launderette, a gift shop, a club with evening entertainment, a two-table casino, and a business center. ❋ Dr. Irene S. Levine (2010)

He moves into a bungalow with Terry Neill "my abiding memory is going down the launderette for the first time". ❋ Barney Ronay (2010)

The launderette smells of heat and soap, washers and dryers making a steady, noisy thrumming. ❋ Yvonne Navarro (2010)

I wasn't surprised to learn that they most likely relied on a civic launderette known as a fullonica. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At once Ithought, well, there's a sight to gladden the eye, one of that lot off to the launderette! ❋ Unknown (2010)

We will take our soiled undies to the nearest launderette, watch them spin, skim the papers, share a bag of bonbons. ❋ Penny Goring (2010)

As Lady Macbeth, Erika Sunnegardh occasionally struggled to scale the orchestra but gave a convincing performance especially in the OCD launderette episode, more usually thought of as the sleepwalking scene. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I don't know what happened, but somehow I messed up my pants. I swear I don't know [how that] happened. Anyways... I'm headed over to the launderette - it'll be [a waste] of water and [electricity] to use all that energy on just my pants... but I just gotta do it. ❋ Adel7 (2007)

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