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dry cleaner
noun
- a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
- a person who owns or operates such an establishment.
- a liquid solvent used in dry cleaning.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dry cleaner1
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Example Sentences
Instead of zooming in on a dry cleaner or restaurant, you zoom in on fine paintings and sculptures.
Or the judge in D.C. who sued his dry cleaner for $54 million for losing his pants?
The dry-cleaner in Rockville has a lace gown of mine which I want to wear this afternoon, when some people are coming to tea.
A wise "dry cleaner" will have nothing to do with such silks, lest he should be held responsible for these holes.
He had wrapped it in a plastic bag in which his trousers had been returned by the dry cleaner.
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