dry cleaner
noun
a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
dry cleaners
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pluralof dry cleaner.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It will have outlets such as banks and dry cleaners meant to serve the locals along with restaurants, bars and fashion or arts-oriented stores .
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Tailors are in short supply just when stores, fashion designers and local dry cleaners say they need more of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Contaminated land is a site that might have been polluted from its previous use - it could have been a factory, power station, a railway line, landfill site, petrol station or dry cleaners.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
But for the mom-and-pop shops in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades — the dry cleaners, tattoo parlors, bars, bistros and stores that sold antiques, flowers, books, pottery and macaroons — the devastation is more personal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
He lived in a modest bungalow, and wore an old faded suit that could have used a visit to the dry cleaners.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
