washomatn.
/ˈwɒʃəʊmat/ colloquial.
= launderette n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > place where washing is done > a commercial laundry > launderette
Laundromat1943
launderette1949
laundermat1951
washeteria1959
washomat1959
coin-op1960
washerette1968
1959 Times 30 Dec. 8/7 Twenty-storey skyscrapers were shooting up..among the Chinese laundries, the wash-o-mats.
1983 W. Garner Think Big, think Dirty ix. 135 Suttin used a local washomat, launderette, what you will.
1984 T. Hillerman Ghostway (1985) vii. 31 Laundries are magnets... The people at the Shiprock Economy Wash-O-Mat would know their customers.
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