I take my clothes to a local dry cleaner. My wool coat is still at the dry cleaner's .
Recent Examples on the WebDuring questioning, Henderson, who works at a dry cleaner, refused to tell investigators anything about Fletcher's whereabouts, according to the affidavit. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2022 Police discovered that Westerfield had made a trip to a Poway dry cleaner that morning, dropping off two comforters, two pillowcases and a jacket.San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 Everything seemed ancient and eternal, the river, the bodega, paper lamb in the window of the dry cleaner. Margaret Ross, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Almost like having a dry cleaner in your laundry room, Samsung’s Air Dresser steams, dries and sanitizes clothing and household items like plush toys and pillows. Jodhaira Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022 Blanca Estela Martinez, 64, uses the Orange Line every day to get to her job at a dry cleaner. Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022 Washing a duvet cover with your laundry is also much more manageable than cleaning a full comforter at home or at the dry cleaner. Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2022 And your dryer can’t do the kind of crisp pressing a dry cleaner can. Kevin Brasler, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 While regulators deemed the former dry cleaner site to be unfit for residential development, due to lingering chemicals beneath the surface, the state allowed developers to build housing on the neighboring Avenue 34 site. Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1897, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
dry cleaner
noun
: a person whose business is cleaning fabrics with chemicals instead of water