laundrette
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The school is in an area of Halifax with high deprivation, and has a uniform bank as well as a laundrette to wash pupils' uniforms.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025
Ian's neighbour, he says, is convinced he is secretly running a laundrette from his home and that she can hear noisy machines through the wall.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
And depending whether it's sunny, I take them to the laundrette.
From BBC • May 18, 2022
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
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