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laundrette

British  
/ lɔːnˈdrɛt /

noun

  1. a variant of Launderette

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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

However, he told the court he took his daughter out to see films at Leicester Square, and to the laundrette so she could meet people.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2015

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