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tumble-dry

American  
[tuhm-buhl-drahy] / ˈtʌm bəlˈdraɪ /

verb (used with object)

tumble-dried, tumble-drying

  1. to dry (washing) in a clothes drier in which articles are rotated vertically through heated air.

tumble-dry British  

verb

  1. (tr) to dry (laundry) in a tumble dryer

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Etymology

Origin of tumble-dry

First recorded in 1965–70

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