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/lˈɔndər/ Listen

noun

Launder n.

A washerwoman. (Obs.)

(Mining) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.

verb

Launder v. t. (past & past part. laundered; pres. part. laundering)

To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.

To lave; to wet. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Launder'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Launder" Quotes from Famous Books

... living-room, and had also a bow-window. Directly behind it lay the servants' quarters. Adjoining the living-room was Grace's little office and behind that was a room furnished with every convenience for the benefit of those girls who were obliged to launder their own ...

— Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus • Jessie Graham Flower

... it was a mere matter of patrolling; but it's worse and more of it to-day. A ranger must be ready and willing to build bridges, fight fire, scale logs, chop a hole through a windfall, use a pick in a ditch, build his own house, cook, launder, and do any other old trick that comes along. But you'll know more about all this at the end of ten days than I can tell ...

— The Forester's Daughter - A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range • Hamlin Garland

... a growing transshipment country for cocaine destined for the US and Europe; economic prosperity has made Chile more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits; imported precursors passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... they had plenty of old lace and embroidery. I told them exactly how it was and, of course, they all wanted to give me money, and Jennie Randolph even sat down and cried when I wouldn't take it. Then they agreed to let me launder all their fine lace and embroidered blouses, and I've made desserts and cakes for some of ...

— The Romance of a Plain Man • Ellen Glasgow

... said in favor of velvet applies equally as well to the best velveteen,—in fact it is a textile of even greater value and beauty than velvet. The best grades are not cheap, but they wear better than silk velvet, are fine and silky, excellent in color and sheen, launder well, and do not press-mark as does silk velvet. Velveteen takes the dye so beautifully and finishes so well that it has taken rank with our best standard fabrics. It is made entirely of cotton. It varies in width but is always wider ...

— Textiles and Clothing • Kate Heintz Watson