laundryman

[ lawn-dree-man, lahn- ]

noun

, plural laun·dry·men.

1. a person who works in or operates a laundry.
2. a person who collects and delivers laundry.

laundryman

/ ˈlɔːndrɪmən /

noun

1. a man who collects or delivers laundry
2. a man who works in a laundry

Gender Note

See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laundryman¹

First recorded in 1700–10; laundry + man

Example Sentences

Hop Loo, a Chinese laundryman, lived in the house, and Matt was just coming after his week's wash.

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The laundryman can never estimate the amount of work to be done until the laundry bundles are actually on the premises.

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It was the den of a Chinese laundryman, and through the windows in front I could see him still at work, ironing.

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Whenever the laundryman was late in arriving he was sure that it was lost forever.

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He wished he had had on a different style of collar—and he would have had if his laundryman had kept his word.

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