dry cleaner

noun

1. a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
2. a person who owns or operates such an establishment.
3. a liquid solvent used in dry cleaning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dry cleaner¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

I don’t even know how I picked my dry cleaner from the seven nearly identical locations within five minutes of my apartment.

From Los Angeles Times

I took an immaculate Fall/Winter 1995 Yohji Yamamoto suit with tags that I got from TheRealReal to Milt & Edie’s, the venerable 24-hour dry cleaner and tailor in Burbank, in the hope that I could get the trousers taken out.

From Los Angeles Times

"We were in our office, which was in a dry cleaner's, and all of a sudden our window fragmented," remembers Mr Peck, who was later credited with creating the "whole world is watching" chant.

From BBC

The pollution was found to come from multiple sources, including a leaking fuel farm and dumped solvents from a dry cleaner’s, that had seeped through the ground and into the water wells.

From BBC

Then, they laundered the dyed strips at a dry cleaner, took them back to the community center, sat down at their sewing machines, and pieced the fabric together into 60-foot stripes.

From Slate