laundryman

noun

laun·​dry·​man ˈlȯn-drē-mən How to pronounce laundryman (audio)
ˈlän-
: a man who is a laundry worker

Examples of laundryman in a Sentence

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The town’s Chinese laundryman and cook Kai (Lawrence Kao) knows everyone’s dirty laundry (literally) and is always around at the right moment to learn even more. Latoya Ferguson, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022 An aged Italian peddler and a white laundryman were stabbed to death by Blacks. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 In the 1980s, young Kraft and his best friend — a Hungarian laundryman who accidentally defected — remake themselves into voluble proponents of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020 Think of a laundryman standing there eight to 10 hours a day, for an excellent number of years. NBC news, 9 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of laundryman was in 1708

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“Laundryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundryman. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.

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