Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A service mark used for a commercial establishment equipped with washing machines and dryers, usually coin-operated and self-service. This service mark often occurs in print in lowercase.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers

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Examples

  • As an example, I know from the family that the Worlds Largest Corruption Laundromat is called “Mandarin Oriental Group” which is owned by “Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum” who also owns “Dubai Ports World of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co “.

    Think Progress » NPR’s Liasson Falsely Claims “It’s Democrats, Not Just Republicans Taking Money From Abramoff” 2006

  • The Teffetellers plan to build a Maytag Laundromat with an attached tobacco store on the site.

    The Daily Times News Headlines 2010

  • Goya-Raya, Ricardo Alejandro fdba Sandy's Laundromat aka Ricardo Goya fdba Plaza Fiesta, LLC aka Alejandro Goya fdba Salon Imperial aka Alex Goya fdba Viva Zapata fdba Fresh Market, LLC aka Ricardo A. Goya-Raya, 803 Rothrock Dr.,

    dispatch.com: RSS 2009

  • But The Mark has picked itself up and dusted itself off: the unit Chigirinsky spurned is already Sagaponack 'Laundromat' Seller Revealed: Developer Scott Resnick

    Curbed NY Sara 2010

  • But The Mark has picked itself up and dusted itself off: the unit Chigirinsky spurned is already Sagaponack 'Laundromat' Seller Revealed: Developer Scott Resnick

    Curbed NY Sara 2010

  • And I should have said "Laundromat" because that only happened once.

    WTIT: The Blog 2008

  • Out the window we could see the parking lot and, across the street, the Bijou Moonlight Laundromat.

    Marriage, California Style Jack Swenson 2011

  • Caretaker of a Laundromat that paid $150.00 a week and any loose change she could find.

    Yellow Marcie Beyatte 2012

  • She could still see that Jeff fellow's face as he combed the Laundromat looking for that stupid shirt.

    Yellow Marcie Beyatte 2012

  • It was just past one a.m. when the girl stepped into the Electric Laundromat.

    The Electric Laundromat « A Fly in Amber 2009

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