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.
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Advertisement Advertisement Zachary Pozniak, owner of the luxury dry cleaner Jeeves NY and author of The Laundry Book: The Definitive Guide to Caring for Your Clothes and Linens, recommends always sorting by color. Lauryn Higgins, Time, 1 July 2025 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, 8 June 2025 It was crammed with eccentric scarves, secondhand cotton tops, and her wedding dress in a plastic dry cleaner bag. Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024 In between dry cleaner drop-offs, use a steamer to de-wrinkle your suit. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dry cleaner

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 20 Aug. 2025.

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