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单词 laundries
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laundries in British English

plural noun
laundry
 

laundry in British English

(ˈlɔːndrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -dries
1. 
a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed
2. 
the clothes or linen washed and ironed
3. 
the act of laundering
Word origin
C16: changed from C14 lavendry; see launder

Examples of 'laundries' in a sentence
laundries

The way you were saving up, I thought you'd have had a chain of laundries by now.
Laurie Graham MR STARLIGHT (2004)
In hospitals there were great steam laundries and porters to do the heavy carrying.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2004)
Round the back are tanneries, laundries, all manner of businesses.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He found them at thrift stores and coin-operated laundries and gave them cash.
Houston Chronicle (2007)
Our banks turn out to be toxic money laundries.
The Sun (2009)
The laundries were established in 1765 and the last one closed in 1996.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We are effectively one of the greatest unofficial money laundries.
The Sun (2014)
He described the laundries as 'the nation's shame'.
The Sun (2013)
A whole family and its servants, to say nothing of bathrooms, laundries or stores, was on this floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
An official report into the laundries released this month said they were 'lonely and harrowing' places.
The Sun (2013)
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