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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dry cleaner1

First recorded in 1895–1900

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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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