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laundrette

British  
/ lɔːnˈdrɛt /

noun

  1. a variant of Launderette

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Also affected are the three businesses that take up the ground floor of the corner block - a laundrette, a takeaway and a pub.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

It is also where you find Grange Place, home to a newsagent, laundrette, Mexican restaurant and The Grange Resource Centre.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2022

A start-up from Oxford is hoping to make laundry more environmentally friendly by collecting clothes and washing them in its more eco-friendly laundrette.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2021

But there is a complication: Johnny and Omar are lovers, and their relationship finds a kind of ironic symbol in the laundrette that may yet get turned into an unlikely thing of beauty.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2020

There was a laundrette, a low corrugated iron structure, called Loads of Fun Laundry.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2020