laundromat
a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
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How to use laundromat in a sentence
Wet boots and tents stink up a small living space very quickly, and there is no way to tell when you’ll find a laundromat or a sunny day to air things out.
These Gear Hacks Got Me Through a 30,000-Mile Road Trip | agintzler | July 27, 2021 | Outside OnlineShe says her town also doesn’t have a laundromat, let alone one created with accessibility in mind.
She’s endured stares and insults. Her dream: To create a community space where others won’t have to. | Theresa Vargas | June 16, 2021 | Washington PostLandowners can and do let properties that are zoned to allow dense housing operate instead as laundromats or parking lots or fast food restaurants for many years, because they’re profitable as they are.
Politics Report: Why the Recall Failed | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | June 5, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoElizabeth Estrada, 20, a day-care worker, had already been searching for a place to get the shots when she heard about the clinic from her mother’s friend who works in the laundromat a few doors away.
Barbershop offers coronavirus shots, in addition to cuts and shaves. Some see it as a national model. | Lena H. Sun | May 30, 2021 | Washington PostAnother student was charged with stabbing the owner of a laundromat.
A county, hit by the pandemic, grapples with soaring crime after spending a decade lowering it. | Emily Davies, Katie Mettler, Rachel Chason | May 30, 2021 | Washington Post
That list includes apartment complexes, the Chrysler Group, real estate agencies, a laundromat and even a cemetery.
Detroit Shuts Off Water to Residents but Not to Businesses Who Owe Millions | Mary M. Chapman | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe works part-time in a laundromat and lives in a homeless shelter in New York with her fiancé and 13-year-old son.
‘Out in the Night’ and the Redemption of the ‘Killer Lesbian Gang' | Nina Strochlic | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSeriously everywhere: every bar, gas station, grocery store, radio station, church, halfway house, laundromat, and party.
Your Guide to the Grammys: 11 Songs to Listen to Before Sunday’s Awards | Kevin Fallon | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe investigators got just enough to lead them to a building near the laundromat.
She thanked him now over her cellphone as she stood in the Clean and Bright laundromat on Prospect Avenue.
Alphonza Bryant, the Slain Bronx Teen Who Did Everything Right | Michael Daly | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for Laundromat
/ (ˈlɔːndrəˌmæt) /
trademark US, Canadian and NZ a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): Launderette, laundrette
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