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• launderette
  launderette

  noun

  a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
• Launderette
  Launderette

  noun

  a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines

launderette

American  

[lawn-duh-ret, lahn‑, lawn-duh-ret, lahn‑] / ˌlɔn dəˈrɛt, ˌlɑn‑, ˈlɔn dəˌrɛt, ˈlɑn‑ /

Also laundrette

noun

1. a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.

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Launderette British  

/ lɔːnˈdrɛt, ˌlɔːndəˈrɛt /

noun

1. Also called (US, Canadian, and NZ): Laundromat.  a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines

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Etymology

Origin of launderette

First recorded in 1945–50; formerly a trademark

Example Sentences

The Austin American-Statesman reports that Austin-based restaurants Launderette and Fresa's earlier this week announced plans to ask patrons to show they had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before entering.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2021

After settling in Austin, he worked at acclaimed restaurants like La Condesa, Uchiko and Launderette before opening Suerte with the restaurant’s owner, Sam Hellman-Mass, 33.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2018

On film, he earned a Bafta nomination for playing Thatcherite Pakistani businessman in 1985's My Beautiful Launderette, and was nominated for the Genie awards - the Canadian Oscars - for 1992 Canadian film Masala.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2015

Daniel Day-Lewis’s breakthrough role was in My Beautiful Launderette; Chiwetel Ejiofor’s career was given a major boost by Dirty Pretty Things.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2015

Example: Bert S. Good, who has four stores in Manhattan, is netting $800 a week, and recently opened a store in Switzerland, the first foreign Launderette.

From Time Magazine Archive