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Launderette

//lɔːnˈdɹɛt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.
  2. 2
    a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers wordnet
  3. 3
    A money laundering operation.

    "The distinction is by no means watertight as any 'money launderette' may become a money launderer – and hence be guilty of a money laundering offence – the moment it knowingly engages in a money laundering operation."

Etymology

Genericized trademark of Launderette; originally a proprietary name (1940s) of Bendix corporation, from launder + -ette.

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