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Definition of washeteria in English: washeterianoun wɒʃəˈtɪərɪə another term for launderette Example sentencesExamples - Too tired, too busy, too lazy to pile everything into bags and heave it round the corner to the washeteria, I admit I've been living with a permanent laundry crisis for the last month.
- This will happen in Fort Worth, the city that gave you Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, not to overlook the ice cream drumstick and washeteria.
- Binoculars resting on a sill aren't used to peep at neighbors but to see if the door to the washeteria - the only building with running water - is open.
Origin 1950s: from wash, on the pattern of cafeteria. Definition of washeteria in US English: washeteria(also washateria) noun another term for Laundromat Example sentencesExamples - This will happen in Fort Worth, the city that gave you Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, not to overlook the ice cream drumstick and washeteria.
- Too tired, too busy, too lazy to pile everything into bags and heave it round the corner to the washeteria, I admit I've been living with a permanent laundry crisis for the last month.
- Binoculars resting on a sill aren't used to peep at neighbors but to see if the door to the washeteria - the only building with running water - is open.
Origin 1950s: from wash, on the pattern of cafeteria. |