laundrette

noun

Etymology

From laundry + -ette.

  1. derived from lavandaria
  2. derived from lavanderie
  3. inherited from lavendrie
  4. suffixed as laundrette — “laundry + ette

Definitions

  1. Synonym of launderette (UK)

    • The laundrette was a decent walk away; the air outside its doors was always scolding and brash, as if the air there was so clean it could sting you.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for laundrette. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA