launderer
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈlɔːndərər/
:
lavandero
- It is then up to the launderer to get the full million dollars out of the United States.
Examples
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The local launderer handles many customers, ensuring their garments are clean and fresh for the weekend.
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You know the dhobi, the launderer -
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Japanese auxiliary staff worked at the hospital, including a cook, cleaner, and launderer.
Academic text (2016) -
Some worked in the boiler or engine rooms or as launderers.
Blog text (6) -
Chinese launderers are hovering over piles of clothes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The launderer delivers the $900,000 in Bogota, generally in Colombian pesos or perhaps in merchandise that is quickly sold for pesos, and later takes possession of the dollars in New York, Los Angeles, or Miami.
Academic text (1994) -
The launderer carefully pressed the shirts and folded them neatly before returning them to the customer.
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After a long week, I took my clothes to the launderer to get them washed and ironed.
Synonyms
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1.6
A person or shop that cleans clothes professionally, often using dry cleaning
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1.0
A place where people wash and iron clothes
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1.6
A person or shop that cleans clothes with chemicals instead of water
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1.5
A shop that cleans clothes without using water
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1.8
A person who washes clothes or sheets for a living
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7.3
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
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7.2
A woman who cleans other people's clothes for money
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8.9
A person who cleans other people's clothes for a living
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4.7
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
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6.9
A woman who cleans other people's clothes, usually from her own home
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4.3
A man who washes and dries clothes for a business
A woman who washes other people's clothes for pay
A shop that cleans clothes for people, often by dry cleaning
How Professional
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3.6
- Archaic
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4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word launderer comes from an old Latin word lavare, which means 'to wash', and it is the same idea behind the common word laundry, so a launderer is someone who 'washes' and presses clothes.