laundrette

/ lɔːnˈdrɛt /

noun

1. a variant of Launderette

Example Sentences

Kureshi first shot to fame in 1985 when his screenplay My Beautiful Laundrette - about the relationship between a British Pakistani boy and his white boyfriend - was nominated for both a Bafta and an Oscar.

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Ian's neighbour, he says, is convinced he is secretly running a laundrette from his home and that she can hear noisy machines through the wall.

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Also affected are the three businesses that take up the ground floor of the corner block - a laundrette, a takeaway and a pub.

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Left without the use of his arms and legs, the award-winning writer of The Buddha of Suburbia and My Beautiful Laundrette has charted his experience in brutally-honest blog posts.

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I often meet people who say: 'Oh, My Beautiful Laundrette meant so much to me in the mid '80s and I wanted to thank you for that.'

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