dry cleaner

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noun

a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.

a person who owns or operates such an establishment.

a liquid solvent used in dry cleaning.

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Origin of dry cleaner

First recorded in 1895–1900

It’s Ubers and limos, it’s expensive hotels that people pay full freight on weeknights and then go out to marquee restaurants and then go have their shoes shined, and dry cleaners.
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Ep. 461)|Stephen J. Dubner|May 6, 2021|Freakonomics
Sand is more likely to leak out, and it’s certainly not washable, though you can take it to the dry cleaners.
Best weighted blanket: Sleep like a baby with our comfy bedding picks|PopSci Commerce Team|February 12, 2021|Popular-Science
Simon said most dry cleaners consider $1 million in sales a very good year, but many finish at half that number.
Parkway Cleaners fuels growth through innovation and custom work|Thomas Heath|January 31, 2021|Washington Post
Google is very granular when showing local search results for coffee shops, restaurants, dry cleaners, gyms and similar types of queries.
How to check Google search results for different locations|Sponsored Content: SEO PowerSuite|November 17, 2020|Search Engine Land

All manner of businesses—hairdressers, dry cleaners, hardware stores, pasta shops—in my neighborhood are decorated in some variation of the ghost-goblin-witch-pumpkin schtick these days.
Global stocks fall, dollar rises as stimulus talks fade and COVID cases spike|Bernhard Warner|October 26, 2020|Fortune
Instead of zooming in on a dry cleaner or restaurant, you zoom in on fine paintings and sculptures.
Google Takes Street View Inside 17 Museums for Virtual Tours|Blake Gopnik|February 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Or the judge in D.C. who sued his dry cleaner for $54 million for losing his pants?
Are Lawyers Killing America?|The Daily Beast|February 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The dry-cleaner in Rockville has a lace gown of mine which I want to wear this afternoon, when some people are coming to tea.
The Cricket|Marjorie Cooke
A wise "dry cleaner" will have nothing to do with such silks, lest he should be held responsible for these holes.
Makers of Many Things|Eva March Tappan
He had wrapped it in a plastic bag in which his trousers had been returned by the dry cleaner.
The Pirates of Shan|Harold Leland Goodwin