dry cleaner

noun

: one whose business is dry cleaning

Examples of dry cleaner in a Sentence

I take my clothes to a local dry cleaner. My wool coat is still at the dry cleaner's.
Recent Examples on the Web Struggling to keep a dry cleaner open in a DTLA ‘zombie’ building. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024 Take leather items to a leather care expert—not a dry cleaner If none of the above work, go to a respected shoe repair shop or leather care expert for help. Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024 Some stains just won’t budge no matter what you or a professional dry cleaner uses. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024 The main waste product of the Sims plant are bales of filmy, thin plastics, like dry cleaner bags. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for dry cleaner 

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Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dry cleaner was in 1897

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“Dry cleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20cleaner. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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