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- verb Plural form of
drycleaner (alternative spelling ofdry cleaners ).
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Examples
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Another bird was found languishing at a pet shop; another called a drycleaners "home."
Sure You're Ready for a Dancing Cockatoo like Snowball? 2009
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Another bird was found languishing at a pet shop; another called a drycleaners "home."
ScreenTalk 2009
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They were everywhere: airports, drycleaners, coffee shops, grocery stores and restaurants.
Penny C. Sansevieri: Why Regional Pitching Can Leverage Big Success Penny C. Sansevieri 2011
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They were everywhere: airports, drycleaners, coffee shops, grocery stores and restaurants.
Penny C. Sansevieri: Why Regional Pitching Can Leverage Big Success Penny C. Sansevieri 2011
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The cost of his most recent trip to the drycleaners.
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The name and theme of the convention are derived from the Hanford nuclear reservation that dominates the town, which sports plenty of cafes, drycleaners, and high school sports teams with "atomic" in their names.
Writing update cscole 2009
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By the end of my average day there would be a trail of bus drivers, bank clerks, drycleaners, taxi drivers and supermarket staff, not forgetting the occasional librarian, who would rue the moment when they failed to treat me with the respect due to my vowels and my fingernails.
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At my drycleaners, there's a seeing eye that triggers a buzzer.
Fixed-Gear Theme Vacations: Getting There is Half the Fun, Filming It is the Other Half BikeSnobNYC 2010
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The drycleaners slide fresh stays into my husband's collars.
Common Trade 2010
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Ask yourself: Will the drycleaners be able to get puke stains off it?
Danielle Crittenden: Dress Code For The Inaugural Balls: Spiked Heels and Teflon 2009
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