washer-dryer
Americannoun
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washer-dryers
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of washer-dryer
First recorded in 1965–70
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Reuben Veek, operations director at SunWork in California, compares it to installing a washer-dryer on your own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
This one has a washer-dryer in the middle of the kitchen.
From Slate ● May 26, 2020
In addition to stocked kitchens with full-size appliances, Apple TV, and a washer-dryer, amenities here include a bike share, same-day laundry services, and a 24-hour concierge.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2019
Each unit has a washer-dryer installed in a separate room.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2018
Sometimes, when she was between apartments, just moving into one or just moving out, she’d use my washer-dryer for her laundry.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
GE Appliances, which also makes products such as refrigerators, ovens and dishwashers, said it expects to begin production of washers and combination washer-dryers in Louisville in early 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
I think washer-dryers will forevermore be regarded as the ultimate healthy must-haves for any New Yorker who has lived through this strange stay-at-home moment.
From Slate ● May 26, 2020
With cheaper energy came other amenities, like washer-dryers and gas ovens.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2019
Every year at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s gadget makers unveil a slate of refrigerators, ovens, and washer-dryers that they insist have been infused with superior intelligence.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2013
We’d do that in what used to be the Domestic Science room, cleared now of sewing machines and washer-dryers; in unison, lying on little Japanese mats, a tape playing, Les Sylphides.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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