laundryman

[ lawn-dree-man, lahn- ]

noun,plural laun·dry·men.
  1. a person who works in or operates a laundry.

  2. a person who collects and delivers laundry.

Origin of laundryman

1
First recorded in 1700–10; laundry + man

usage note For laundryman

See -man.

Words Nearby laundryman

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How to use laundryman in a sentence

  • Hop Loo, a Chinese laundryman, lived in the house, and Matt was just coming after his week's wash.

    Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. Matthews
  • The laundryman can never estimate the amount of work to be done until the laundry bundles are actually on the premises.

    Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
  • It was the den of a Chinese laundryman, and through the windows in front I could see him still at work, ironing.

    That Affair Next Door | Anna Katharine Green
  • Whenever the laundryman was late in arriving he was sure that it was lost forever.

    Edgar Saltus: The Man | Marie Saltus
  • He wished he had had on a different style of collar—and he would have had if his laundryman had kept his word.

    Turns about Town | Robert Cortes Holliday

British Dictionary definitions for laundryman

laundryman

/ (ˈlɔːndrɪmən) /


nounplural -men
  1. a man who collects or delivers laundry

  2. a man who works in a laundry

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