laundry
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Laundry is the process of cleaning clothes and textiles, which can be done through various methods ranging from washing in rivers to using modern self-service machines. It matters because clean clothing is essential for hygiene and daily life.
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21 sectionsContents
- History
- Watercourses
- Washhouses
- Washing machines and other devices
- Chinese laundries in North America
- South Africa
- India
- Philippines
- Ancient Rome
- Laundry processes
- Chemicals
- Cleaning or dry cleaning
- Shared laundry rooms
- Laundry drying
- Right to dry movement
- Common problems
- Etymology
- In culture
- See also
- References
- External links
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Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures have dealt with this universal human need are of interest to several branches of scholarship.