laundryman

[ lawn-dree-man, lahn- ]

/ ˈlɔn driˌmæn, ˈlɑn- /

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noun, plural laun·dry·men.

a person who works in or operates a laundry.

a person who collects and delivers laundry.

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Origin of laundryman

First recorded in 1700–10; laundry + man

usage note for laundryman

See -man.

Words nearby laundryman

laundress, laundrette, laundromat, laundry, laundry list, laundryman, laundrywoman, laura, lauraceous, lauraldehyde, Laurasia

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How to use laundryman in a sentence

Hop Loo, a Chinese laundryman, lived in the house, and Matt was just coming after his week's wash.
Motor Matt's Mystery|Stanley R. Matthews
The laundryman can never estimate the amount of work to be done until the laundry bundles are actually on the premises.
Making Both Ends Meet|Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
It was the den of a Chinese laundryman, and through the windows in front I could see him still at work, ironing.
That Affair Next Door|Anna Katharine Green
Whenever the laundryman was late in arriving he was sure that it was lost forever.
Edgar Saltus: The Man|Marie Saltus

He wished he had had on a different style of collar—and he would have had if his laundryman had kept his word.
Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday

British Dictionary definitions for laundryman

laundryman

/ (ˈlɔːndrɪmən) /

noun plural -men

a man who collects or delivers laundry

a man who works in a laundry

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