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launderette

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laun⋅der⋅ette

[lawn-duh-ret, lahn‑, lawn-duh-ret, lahn‑]
–noun
a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
Also, laun⋅drette [lawn-dret, lahn‑] .


Origin:
1945–50; formerly a trademark
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laun·der·ette   (lôn'də-rět', län'-)   
n.  A self-service laundry.

[launder + -ette.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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