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washeteria

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wash⋅e⋅te⋅ri⋅a

[wosh-i-teer-ee-uh, waw-shi-]
–noun
washateria.

wash⋅a⋅te⋅ri⋅a

[wosh-uh-teer-ee-uh, waw-shuh-]
–noun Chiefly Southern U.S.
a launderette.


Origin:
1935–40; wash + (caf)eteria, with -a- as var. sp. of (ə)
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wash·e·teria   (wŏsh'ĭ-tîr'ē-ə, wô'shĭ-)   
n.  A laundromat.

[wash + (caf)eteria.]
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