First recorded in 1940–45; formerly a trademark, originally a brand of washer
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My pottery studio fee isn’t going to pay for itself—but maybe that laundromat will.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
I use a clothesline on the balcony and a laundromat nearby in case I have an urgent need to dry things.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Co Tupul, a Phoenix resident, was pulled over as she drove to her job at a laundromat on July 22.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
The couple married in 1966, just two short years after meeting at a laundromat in Nashville when Parton was 18 and Dean was 21.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025
Slowly, she enunciated the new words I was to repeat: laundromat, corn flakes, subway, snow.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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