Example Sentences

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The next year, the court ruled that the targeted enforcement of the ordinance violated the constitutional rights of Yick Wo and Chinese laundrymen like him.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023

Chinese residents lost their lawsuit for damages, but the year after the massacre, most Chinese laundrymen refused to pay their city business license fees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

I loved this 20-minute video on the way laundrymen in Mumbai, India, use posters, more commonly deployed by political candidates, to advertise their businesses.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Later, laundrymen would congregate after hours at his herb store.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2022

At this moment Giddy, freshly shaved and shampooed, his shirt shining with the highest polish known to Chinese laundrymen, his straw hat tipped over his right eye, thrust his head in at the door.

From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert