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Christine Christie Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Laundry

Does 'laundry' always refer to 'dirty clothes'?


Would it be a contradiction to say "There's clean laundry outside" or "Here's your clean laundry"?



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Christine Christie Does 'laundry' always refer to 'dirty clothes'? Sometimes it seems that way. When we say I'm going to do the laundry today , we mean I'm going to wash the dirty clothes today .

— CalifJim

  • Christine Christie Does 'laundry' always refer to 'dirty clothes'?
  • Sometimes it seems that way.
  • When we say I'm going to do the laundry today , we mean I'm going to wash the dirty clothes today .
  • Christine Christie Here's your clean laundry.
  • But in sentences like this, laundry doesn't mean dirty clothes .
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Christine ChristieDoes 'laundry' always refer to 'dirty clothes'?

Sometimes it seems that way. When we say I'm going to do the laundry today, we mean I'm going to wash the dirty clothes today.

Christine ChristieHere's your clean laundry.

But in sentences like this, laundry doesn't mean dirt

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