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laundry(dictionary)
laundry basket(dictionary)
laundry list(dictionary)
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laundry (iou)



laundry noun & verb. E16.
[Contr. of LAVENDRY.]
A. noun.
The action or process of laundering clothes, linen, etc.; the laundering work presented by a particular quantity of clothes etc. E16.
J. Rule I'm doing the landlady's laundry and cleaning this week.
b. fig. The action of laundering funds etc. L20.
An establishment where clothing etc. is laundered. L16.
Chinese laundry: see CHINESE adjective.
b. fig. An establishment where funds etc. are laundered. L20.
New York Times Bahamian companies provided a convenient 'laundry' for illegitimate mob money looking..to reach legitimate usage.
Articles of clothing etc. that need to be, or have been, laundered. E20.
T. K. Wolfe There was laundry hanging all along the shower curtain rod.
Comb.: laundry list fig. (colloq.) a long or exhaustive list of people or things; laundryman, laundrywoman (a) a launderer of clothes, linen, etc.; (b) a person who collects and delivers laundry.
b. verb trans. = LAUNDER verb 1. L19.