launderette
noun
laun·der·ette
ˌlȯn-də-ˈret 
ˌlän-
variants
or less commonly laundrette
ˌlȯn-ˈdret
ˌlän-
: a self-service laundry
Examples of launderette in a Sentence
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My launderette is the same story, with incremental rises leading to a single bag of laundry costing twice as much over a few months.
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thehustle.co, 22 Nov. 2024
For everyone, there are self-service launderettes onboard.
—Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Most cruise ships offer laundry pressing and dry cleaning services, or even self-serve launderettes with an ironing board.
—Brittany Chrusciel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2023
About eight hundred thousand people working launderettes or dry cleaners were let go.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 May 2020
But voters can also cast ballots at pubs and more unconventional locations, including hair salons, a historic windmill in eastern England and a launderette in Oxford.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
Check to see if there is a self-service launderette, and use it.
—Erica Silverstein, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2019
Despite its relatively strict anti-money-laundering regulations, London is a favoured financial launderette for European gangsters.
—The Economist, 24 Jan. 2018
In 1967, the business district in the Haight looked like most mid-century American main streets: drug stores and barbershop poles, Coca-Cola signs in the window of the launderette.
—Longreads, 7 Aug. 2017
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thehustle.co, 22 Nov. 2024
For everyone, there are self-service launderettes onboard.
—Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Most cruise ships offer laundry pressing and dry cleaning services, or even self-serve launderettes with an ironing board.
—Brittany Chrusciel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2023
About eight hundred thousand people working launderettes or dry cleaners were let go.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 May 2020
But voters can also cast ballots at pubs and more unconventional locations, including hair salons, a historic windmill in eastern England and a launderette in Oxford.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
Check to see if there is a self-service launderette, and use it.
—Erica Silverstein, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2019
Despite its relatively strict anti-money-laundering regulations, London is a favoured financial launderette for European gangsters.
—The Economist, 24 Jan. 2018
In 1967, the business district in the Haight looked like most mid-century American main streets: drug stores and barbershop poles, Coca-Cola signs in the window of the launderette.
—Longreads, 7 Aug. 2017
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“Launderette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launderette. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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