laundry

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The heaviest service on motor will probably be found during the early part of each week, with a general falling off in work during the summer months, while the patrons of the laundry are away at the sea-shore or in the mountains.

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  1. noun Soiled or laundered clothes and linens; wash.
  2. noun A commercial establishment for laundering clothes or linens.
  3. noun A room or an area, as in a house, for doing the wash.

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  1. Middle English lavendrye, laundry, from Old French lavanderie, from lavandier; see launder.

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  1. A contr., after launder, of Middle English lavendrie, from lavender, launder, a washerwoman: see launder, n.
  2. from laundry, n. Cf. launder, v.
 

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