The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laundry \Laun"dry\, n.; pl. Laundries. [OE. lavendrie, OF. lavanderie. See Launder.]
A laundering; a washing.
A place or room where laundering is done; a laundry room.
A business establishment where clothing is laundered for a fee.
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A collection of items such as articles of clothing or bed linens that need to be laundered, or have just been laundered; as, put the dirty laundry in the basket and take it downstairs; hang the laundry out to dry.
coin laundry A business establishment with washing and drying machines operated by coins, where items such as articles of clothing may be laundered and dried by the customer.
Wikipedia
"Coin Laundry" is a song performed and written by Australian singer–songwriter Lisa Mitchell from her first studio album, Wonder (2009). It was released as the lead single from the album on 24 April 2009 by Scorpio Music. The song was produced by Dann Hume and is about finding love at the coin laundry. "Coin Laundry" charted inside the top thirty in Australia and was nominated for an ARIA Award in late 2009.
Usage examples of "coin laundry".
The cabby didn't talk to her until they pulled up to a coin laundry.
The patrol sergeant tells them what eyeball witnesses told him: The perpetrators bopped to a coin laundry a few doors down before they bopped back and bopped Li Mei Wu.
There wasn't a coin laundry in America that could cope with this dirt without breaking down.
Are you two so hard up you can't spare quarters for a coin laundry?