Washhouse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.

    "Now I'll see things walking a road that fifty other men would miss. I'll give you an instance, connected with the robbery of a wash-house copper.""

  2. 2
    a building or outbuilding where laundry is done wordnet
  3. 3
    A public laundry.
  4. 4
    A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room. New-Zealand
  5. 5
    A public facility where people could wash themselves and their clothes. UK, historical

    "[…] the washhouses complied with the Factory and Workshops Act of 1907."

Synonyms

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sinkhouse

Example

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"Now I'll see things walking a road that fifty other men would miss. I'll give you an instance, connected with the robbery of a wash-house copper.""

Etymology

From Old English wæsċhūs, equivalent to wash + house.

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