a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
Examples of 'laundry mark' in a sentence
laundry mark
Later he sat in his flat which ten years of occupancy hadn't personalized beyond the laundry mark on his sheets.
Ruell, Patrick THE ONLY GAME
He helped himself to a drink and dropped a handkerchief with a laundry mark on it.
Ashford, Jeffrey A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE
He dropped a handkerchief, which happened to have a laundry mark.