laundromatting
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From laundromat + -ing.
Noun
[edit]laundromatting (uncountable)
- (rare) The act of using a laundromat.
- 1972, Say, mister!:
- Once l located the Legato, there'd be no more laundromatting for this fella.
- 1989, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch:
- ... to what, exactly? -X- Is It a Queensway Discount Warehouse three-piece suite, with flame-rotardant orange, mauve and bottle-green polyester boucle covering (detachable for easy drip-dry laundromatting), concealing a neat drinks cabinet- ...
- 2004, Graham Haley, Rosemary Haley, Haley's Hints, Penguin, →ISBN, page 133:
- Lazy Laundromatting!... If you use a laundromat, don't lug along all those detergent boxes and bleach bottles.