WASHHOUSE

washhouse

(noun) a building or outbuilding where laundry is done

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

washhouse (plural washhouses)

A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry

Source: Wiktionary


Wash"house`, n.

Definition: An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INITIALISM

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