Definition of steamie in English:
steamie
nounPlural steamies ˈstiːmi
Scottish informal A communal wash house.
it would have been the talk of the steamie
Example sentencesExamples
- The area of the Lower Main, for eight decades synonymous with mobsters, hookers, dive bars and steamies, can now be officially known as The Target.
- She campaigned single-handedly against the closure during the 1970s of the steamie in the basement of the pool building.
- I know this current crop of stories are the talk of the steamie, but I don't think I can cope with any more celebrity dirty laundry.
- For the first time in its history, a Channel 4 programme became the talk of the steamie and the bingo hall crowd as well as the city wine bar and the gay night club.
- All very well in the rarefied air of Marylebone in London, though it is some way from being the talk of the steamie in Edinburgh.