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laundry
[ lawn-dree, lahn- ]
noun
- articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- a business establishment where clothes, linens, etc., are laundered.
- a room or area, as in a home or apartment building, reserved for doing the family wash.
laundry
/ ˈɔːԻɪ /
noun
- a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed
- the clothes or linen washed and ironed
- the act of laundering
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of laundry1
Idioms and Phrases
see wash one's dirty linen (laundry) .Example Sentences
“They want to air what they deem as dirty laundry,” said Sargent, who told L.A.
Though he no longer lived at the house, he stopped by frequently and dropped off laundry, according to police.
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.
The money helped provide food, water, laundry, showers and counselling services.
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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