launderette

[ lawn-duh-ret, lahn‑, lawn-duh-ret, lahn‑ ]

noun

1. a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.

Launderette

/ lɔːnˈdrɛt; ˌlɔːndəˈrɛt /

noun

1. a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines Also called (US, Canadian, and NZ)Laundromat

Word History and Origins

Origin of launderette¹

First recorded in 1945–50; formerly a trademark

Example Sentences

For Levi's jeans in 1985 he made the ad where model Nick Kamen stripped in a launderette to the tune of Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine.

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Quan plays Waymond Wang, the husband of Michelle Yeoh's launderette manager - and versions of Waymond from alternative universes.

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The My Beautiful Launderette author fainted and fell on his head while on holiday in Rome on Boxing Day.

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The Buddha of Suburbia and My Beautiful Launderette writer Hanif Kureishi has said he believed he was dying after an accident in Rome on Boxing Day.

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A launderette owner was so moved she is now offering to do washing for free.

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