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washomat colloq.|ˈwɒʃəʊmæt|
Also wash-o-mat.
[f. wash v. + -o + -mat; cf. Laundromat.]
= launderette.
1959Times 30 Dec. 8/7 Twenty-storey skyscrapers were shooting up..among the Chinese laundries, the wash-o-mats. 1983W. Garner Think Big, think Dirty ix. 135 Suttin used a local washomat, launderette, what you will. 1984T. Hillerman Ghostway (1985) vii. 31 Laundries are magnets... The people at the Shiprock Economy Wash-O-Mat would know their customers. |