Laundry
noun
The set of clothes that need to be washed or have just been washed.
I need to do my laundry this weekend.
Often appears as...
- do the laundry
- dirty laundry
noun
A room, area or building where clothes and linens are washed and dried.
The apartment building has a shared laundry in the basement.
Often appears as...
- laundry room
- laundry facilities
noun
A business which offers services to wash, dry and often iron clothes and materials.
I took my suit to the laundry to have it cleaned.
Often appears as...
- dry cleaning laundry
- laundry service
noun
Personal affairs or secrets that one prefers not to talk about in public.
It's not polite to air your dirty laundry in public.
Often appears as...
- air one's dirty laundry
- wash one's dirty laundry in public
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
Money obtained illegally or in a dishonest way.
He was arrested for laundering drug money through his legitimate businesses.
Often appears as...
- money laundry
- laundry operation
noun
The set of clothes that need to be washed or have just been washed.
I need to do my laundry this weekend.
Often appears as...
- do the laundry
- dirty laundry
noun
A room, area or building where clothes and linens are washed and dried.
The apartment building has a shared laundry in the basement.
Often appears as...
- laundry room
- laundry facilities
noun
A business which offers services to wash, dry and often iron clothes and materials.
I took my suit to the laundry to have it cleaned.
Often appears as...
- dry cleaning laundry
- laundry service
noun
Personal affairs or secrets that one prefers not to talk about in public.
It's not polite to air your dirty laundry in public.
Often appears as...
- air one's dirty laundry
- wash one's dirty laundry in public
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
Money obtained illegally or in a dishonest way.
He was arrested for laundering drug money through his legitimate businesses.
Often appears as...
- money laundry
- laundry operation
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Household Chore
Refers to the common task of cleaning clothes at home.
Doing laundry is my Sunday routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Frequent Activity
An ongoing and regular household necessity.
Weekly laundry stops clothes from piling up.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Clothes
Can also include bedding, towels, and other fabrics.
I added the curtains to the laundry basket.
Pro Tip 1/3Household Chore
Refers to the common task of cleaning clothes at home.
Doing laundry is my Sunday routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Frequent Activity
An ongoing and regular household necessity.
Weekly laundry stops clothes from piling up.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Clothes
Can also include bedding, towels, and other fabrics.
I added the curtains to the laundry basket.
Pro Tip 1/3Household Chore
Refers to the common task of cleaning clothes at home.
Doing laundry is my Sunday routine.
Pro Tip 2/3Frequent Activity
An ongoing and regular household necessity.
Weekly laundry stops clothes from piling up.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Clothes
Can also include bedding, towels, and other fabrics.
I added the curtains to the laundry basket.
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How changing your story...
Well, it might be because change, even really positive change, involves a surprising amount of loss. Loss of the familiar. Even if the familiar is unpleasant or utterly miserable, at least we know the characters and setting and plot, right down to the recurring dialogue in this story. "You never do the laundry!"
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Can Penguins Fly? PIPE...
So that's the really short, simple answer for people. So this question is why do penguins wear tuxedos? Now, I'm quite glad that they actually don't wear real tuxedos, because that will be a lot of ironing and dry cleaning for me and I'm just not that into laundry.
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Green Laundry Room...
in fabric softeners now when you stock up on laundry soap what you want to do is read the label on the back and you're looking for detergents that aren't petroleum-based but plant-based avoid soaps that contain phosphates which deprived aquatic life of oxygen now
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How one person saved...
and over walls, it became clear that to help these people survive, Sendler needed to help them escape. Sendler and her associates developed a coordinated campaign of rescue missions. Children were bundled into dirty laundry, packed into boxes on cargo trains,
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My stroke of insight PIPE...
to my external world. It's that little voice that says to me, "Hey, you've got to remember to pick up bananas on your way home. I need them in the morning." It's that calculating intelligence that reminds me when I have to do my laundry.
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The magic washing...
and the first day it was going to be used, even Grandma was invited to see the machine. And Grandma was even more excited. Throughout her life, she had been heating water with firewood, and she had hand-washed laundry for seven children.
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My year of saying yes to...
Uninterrupted is the key. No cell phone, no laundry, no anything. You have a busy life. You have to get dinner on the table. You have to force them to bathe. But you can do 15 minutes. My kids are my happy place, they're my world,
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Africa is a sleeping...
Now the truth is, I'm trying to wake up this giant, and that's why I air the dirty laundry of those in charge of the giant. Our politicians, our religious leaders, with huge respect, of course, because more than anything else,
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Barbara Natterson-Horowit...
To explain it, I'm afraid I'm going to have to air some dirty laundry. Some physicians can be real snobs about doctors who are not M.D.'s. I'm talking about dentists and optometrists and psychologists,
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See how the rest of the...
Vietnam, wardrobes, lamps, black dogs, floors, soap, laundry, clocks, computers, phones, and so on, right? So we have a lot of similarities all over the world,
Video examples
How changing your story...
Well, it might be because change, even really positive change, involves a surprising amount of loss. Loss of the familiar. Even if the familiar is unpleasant or utterly miserable, at least we know the characters and setting and plot, right down to the recurring dialogue in this story. "You never do the laundry!"
Video examples
Can Penguins Fly? PIPE...
So that's the really short, simple answer for people. So this question is why do penguins wear tuxedos? Now, I'm quite glad that they actually don't wear real tuxedos, because that will be a lot of ironing and dry cleaning for me and I'm just not that into laundry.
Video examples
Green Laundry Room...
in fabric softeners now when you stock up on laundry soap what you want to do is read the label on the back and you're looking for detergents that aren't petroleum-based but plant-based avoid soaps that contain phosphates which deprived aquatic life of oxygen now
Video examples
How one person saved...
and over walls, it became clear that to help these people survive, Sendler needed to help them escape. Sendler and her associates developed a coordinated campaign of rescue missions. Children were bundled into dirty laundry, packed into boxes on cargo trains,
Video examples
My stroke of insight PIPE...
to my external world. It's that little voice that says to me, "Hey, you've got to remember to pick up bananas on your way home. I need them in the morning." It's that calculating intelligence that reminds me when I have to do my laundry.
Video examples
The magic washing...
and the first day it was going to be used, even Grandma was invited to see the machine. And Grandma was even more excited. Throughout her life, she had been heating water with firewood, and she had hand-washed laundry for seven children.
Video examples
My year of saying yes to...
Uninterrupted is the key. No cell phone, no laundry, no anything. You have a busy life. You have to get dinner on the table. You have to force them to bathe. But you can do 15 minutes. My kids are my happy place, they're my world,
Video examples
Africa is a sleeping...
Now the truth is, I'm trying to wake up this giant, and that's why I air the dirty laundry of those in charge of the giant. Our politicians, our religious leaders, with huge respect, of course, because more than anything else,
Video examples
Barbara Natterson-Horowit...
To explain it, I'm afraid I'm going to have to air some dirty laundry. Some physicians can be real snobs about doctors who are not M.D.'s. I'm talking about dentists and optometrists and psychologists,
Video examples
See how the rest of the...
Vietnam, wardrobes, lamps, black dogs, floors, soap, laundry, clocks, computers, phones, and so on, right? So we have a lot of similarities all over the world,
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Tavi Gevinson
American Writer
If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, and I don't write it down, then I could be at lunch with you, and it's like there's a pile of laundry in my brain that I haven't put away, and I struggle to really listen, so that's always been important to me.
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Magnus Scheving
Icelander Writer
If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.
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Lesley Manville
English Actress
There isn't a spare minute in the day. I have spent my life doing everything. I work. I go home. I do the shopping. I cook. Then there's the laundry and the dog. Most of my life, I have been a working mother. And even when I wasn't, I still did it all.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
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Jennifer Carpenter
American Actress
My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.
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Patti Smith
American Musician
My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.
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Patricia Espinosa
Mexican Politician
Among the laundry list of threats to our world, climate change more often than not makes these challenges worse.
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Jenna Fischer
American Actress
I'm not one to air my dirty laundry for the whole world.
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Jonathan Scott
Canadian Entertainer
A good laundry room with storage can make life easier.
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Tavi Gevinson
American Writer
If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, and I don't write it down, then I could be at lunch with you, and it's like there's a pile of laundry in my brain that I haven't put away, and I struggle to really listen, so that's always been important to me.
Quote examples
Magnus Scheving
Icelander Writer
If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
Quote examples
Michelle Obama
American First Lady
It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.
Quote examples
Lesley Manville
English Actress
There isn't a spare minute in the day. I have spent my life doing everything. I work. I go home. I do the shopping. I cook. Then there's the laundry and the dog. Most of my life, I have been a working mother. And even when I wasn't, I still did it all.
Quote examples
Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
Quote examples
Jennifer Carpenter
American Actress
My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.
Quote examples
Patricia Espinosa
Mexican Politician
Among the laundry list of threats to our world, climate change more often than not makes these challenges worse.
Quote examples
Jenna Fischer
American Actress
I'm not one to air my dirty laundry for the whole world.
Quote examples
Jonathan Scott
Canadian Entertainer
A good laundry room with storage can make life easier.
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