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Laundromat

laund·ro·mat

UK/ˈlɔːndɹəʊˌmæt/ US/ˈlɔːndɹəmæt/ uncommon us

noun

Origin

From Laundromat, (former) trademark (1940s) of Westinghouse Electric Corporation for its washing machines, coined by Westinghouse publicist George Edward Pendray.

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