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laundry

[ lawn-dree, lahn- ]

noun

plural laundries.
  1. articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
  2. a business establishment where clothes, linens, etc., are laundered.
  3. a room or area, as in a home or apartment building, reserved for doing the family wash.


laundry

/ ˈɔːԻɪ /

noun

  1. a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed
  2. the clothes or linen washed and ironed
  3. the act of laundering
“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 laundry1

1350–1400; Middle English lavandrie < Middle French lavanderie. See launder, -y 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laundry1

C16: changed from C14 lavendry; see launder
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Idioms and Phrases

see wash one's dirty linen (laundry) .
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Example Sentences

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“They want to air what they deem as dirty laundry,” said Sargent, who told L.A.

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Though he no longer lived at the house, he stopped by frequently and dropped off laundry, according to police.

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In 2022, the Mongols’ dirty laundry was aired in federal court when the club’s longtime lawyer accused its president, David “Little Dave” Santillan, of being a secret informant for the U.S.

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The money helped provide food, water, laundry, showers and counselling services.

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Folding towels, putting away laundry — the nature of the task didn’t matter so long as it allowed the teenager to be near his father, Sal, the defensive line coach for the Carolina Panthers.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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