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cleaner
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kli.n?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kli?.n?/
- Rhymes: -i?n?(?)
Etymology 1
clean +? -er (“agent noun”)
Noun
cleaner (plural cleaners)
- A person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things.
- A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
- A substance used for cleaning, a cleaning agent.
- (in the plural) A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business). (This form is now interpreted as plural and usually spelled without an apostrophe, even in official usage, to justify the removal of the apostrophe. It was traditionally spelled cleaner's with an apostrophe because this is grammatically correct, as can be seen with forms such as go to the doctor's, which cannot be reinterpreted as plural.)
- I'll have to take this shirt to the cleaners.
- (slang) A hitman; a hired assassin, usually in the employ of an organized crime syndicate, such as the mafia.
Derived terms
- cleaner fish
- vacuum cleaner
Related terms
- (sense 3) cleanser
- take to the cleaners
Translations
Etymology 2
clean + -er
Adjective
cleaner
- comparative form of clean: more clean
Anagrams
- Carlene, reclean
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launderette
English
Alternative forms
- laundrette
Etymology
Genericization of Launderette; originally a proprietary name (1940s) of Bendix corporation, from launder +? -ette.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l??n?d??t/
- (US) IPA(key): /l?nd????t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
launderette (plural launderettes)
- A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.
Synonyms
- (self-service laundry facility): laundromat (North America), laundrette (UK), washateria, washeteria, washery, washette, coin laundry
Translations
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